Aajum & fGreenlandic From a childish pronunciation of the Greenlandic word angaju "older sibling of the same sex" (see Angaju).
Aajunnguaqm & fGreenlandic Means "dear older sibling" in Greenlandic, from a combination of Aaju and the diminutive suffix nnguaq "sweet, dear, little".
AalikmGreenlandic East Greenlandic name of uncertain meaning, perhaps partly derived from the Greenlandic suffix -lik meaning "equipped with" (which indicates that the first element is amuletic or a form of helper spirit).
Agpaf & mGreenlandic Means "thick-billed Murre", which is a type of bird.
AgpâĸfGreenlandic Archaic spelling of Appaaq using the old Kleinschmidt orthography. Appaaq is a West Greenlandic name meaning "chick of a thick-billed murre", the thick-billed murre being a bird (species Uria lomvia).
AimafGreenlandic Possibly from Natsilingmiut aimavik "home", Kivalliq aivuq "s/he goes towards", Greenlandic aivâ "fetches it", or Greenlandic airuq "coming home". It may also be a variant of Aumaĸ.
Ajâjaf & mGreenlandic Greenlandic pet form of Aja, from a combination of Aja and the diminutive suffix -aaja, a Greenlandic affix used for and by children or a Greenlandic variant form of Ajajak.
AjunafGreenlandic, Inuit Mythology Variant of Ajut using -na, a Greenlandic suffix indicating a personal name. In Greenlandic mythology, Ajuna is a woman who escapes from her pursuer and becomes the sun.
AjutfGreenlandic, Inuit Mythology Derived from Canadian Arctic ajujuq meaning "runs away". In Greenland mythology Ajut is the name of the woman who flees from her pursuer and becomes the sun.
AleĸafGreenlandic Means "older sister (of a boy)" in Greenlandic.
Aleĸatsiaĸf & mGreenlandic Means "beautiful, precious older sister of a boy" in Greenlandic, from a combination of Aleĸa and the suffix -tsiaq "beautiful, precious".
AlexemGreenlandic, Romanian Romanian short form of Alexandru, as well as the archaic spelling of Greenlandic Alexi (according to the old Kleinschmidt orthography used to write Greenlandic until 1973, when orthographic reforms were introduced).
AligoqmGreenlandic Means "mountain crystal, quartz" in Greenlandic, referring to a type of rock used as raw material for stone tools in traditional Greenlandic society.
AminnguaqfGreenlandic Greenlandic Inuit feminine name derived from ameq meaning "skin" and -nnguaq meaning "dear, little".
AmmafNorse Mythology, Old Swedish, Greenlandic Has several possible meanings. May be a short form of names beginning with Arn- or Am-, derived from Old Swedish amma ("wet nurse"), Old Norse amma ("grandmother") or Old Norse ama ("dark one").... [more]
AngerlarneqfGreenlandic South Greenlandic name meaning "she who has returned home", originally used as a nickname for someone named after a deceased family member, due to ritual name avoidance (taboos in mentioning names of deceased relatives, even when newborns had been named for them).
Ãngîjukf & mGreenlandic (Archaic) Possibly derived from Greenlandic angiu "mushroom" or alternatively a feminine form and a masculine variant of Ãngê.
AniamGreenlandic Greenlandic form of Ane. It also means "her older brother" in Greenlandic, derived from Ane with -a, the Greenlandic possessive-genitive marker.
AnngannguujukmGreenlandic, Inuit Mythology Derived from Greenlandic anngak meaning "her brother's child" combined with the suffix -nguujuk meaning "sweet little". (Also compare the Greenlandic kinship terms qangiak/qangiaq "his brother's child" and nuaraluaq and ujoruk, both of which mean "sister's child".) This is the name of a character in a Greenlandic legend which is popular among children.
AnomFinnish, Greenlandic Finnish name meaning "asked for", derived from the Finnish verb anoa meaning "to ask" and Greenlandic name of unknown meaning.