This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is Indigenous American; and the length is 6.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Juraci m & f Tupi, BrazilianDerived from Old Tupi
jura "mouth" and
sy "mother; source, origin" and thus commonly interpreted as "one who speaks well". This name is borne by Brazilian politician Juraci Vieira de Magalhães (1931-2009) and Brazilian triathlete Juraci Moreira Jr... [
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Jurema f Tupi, BrazilianDerived from Old Tupi
yu "thorn" and
rema "bad odor", oftentimes interpreted as "stinky thorn tree". The jurema plant (also known as black jurema, binho de jurema and mimosa tenuiflora) is a perennial tree or shrub native to the northeastern region of Brazil.
Juruna m & f TupiMeans "black mouth" in Lingua Geral and it's an exonym used for the Yudjá people. The name is given after Mário Juruna (1942-2002), the first national-level federal representative in Brazil that belonged to an indigenous people.
Kallfü m & f MapucheFrom Mapudungun
kallfü (also
kajfv) meaning "blue" (Smeets also lists "purple").
Kallik f & m Inuit, LiteratureUsed by Erin Hunter in the Seekers series of novels. It means, "Lightning".
Kanosh m UteMeaning unknown. Kanosh was the name of an 19th century chief of the Pahvant band of the Ute people.
K'asape m GreenlandicGreenlandic name, cognate of the word
qasagaa "feels he is not goot enough, unfit" and
-pi, a Greenlandic suffix meaning "genuine", "genuinely".
Kerana f GuaraniEtymology unknown. This is the name of the Guarani goddess of sleep.
Kikkik m GreenlandicDirectly from
kikkik “the ugly one”, an endearing term used by parents who mean just the opposite, "the sweet one".
Killay f QuechuaMeans "my moon" in Quechua from the word
killa meaning "moon".
K'itura f GreenlandicArchaic spelling of
Qitura (according to the old Kleinschmidt orthography which was used to write Greenlandic until 1973, when orthographic reforms were introduced)... [
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Kiugak m InuitName of Canadian Inuk artist Kiugak Ashoona
K'ivioĸ m & f GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning 'down on a birds skin' or 'wooly hair or fleece on an animals skin' or 'fluff or down from plants'.
Kosumi m MiwokDerived from Miwok
kosumu "salmon" and/or
kose "to throw at", with the implied meaning "fishes for salmon with a spear".
K'ujage m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "favoured one", "favourite", "prized", "darling".
Kukulí f QuechuaMeans "white-winged dove" in Quechua. This was the name of the title character in the Quechua-language Peruvian film 'Kukuli' (1961).
Kunuut m GreenlandicGreenlandic form of
Knut. This was the Greenlandic name of Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933), a Danish polar explorer and anthropologist of partial Inuit descent.
Liluye f MiwokImplies "singing chicken hawk that soars" in the Miwok language.
Lomasi m & f HopiMeans "well adorned" in Hopi. From the Hopi
lomá 'well, good, beautiful' and
náci 'self blossomed (as in, covered in blossoms/flowers), adorned, dressed', or
mási 'gray', referring to a species of bluebird.
Macuex m NahuatlMeans "bracelet (of precious stones)" in Nahuatl.
Malila f MiwokMeans "salmon going fast up a rippling stream" in the Miwok language
Malîna f GreenlandicMeans "the one to follow", cognate of
malippaa ("to follow someone") and the suffix -
na (denotes a personal name). In Greenlandic mythology Malîna is the goddess of the sun and the sister of
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Malina f Inuit Mythology, GreenlandicIn Inuit mythology, Malina is the name of a solar goddess. She is constantly fleeing from her brother, the moon god
Igaluk (Inuit) or
Anningan (Grenlandic), and their eternal chase explains the movement of the sun and moon through the sky.
Maskwa m CreeThe name comes from the Cree word for ''bear''
maskwa.
Matika f Salishan (?)Matika Wilbur is a Native American photographer, of the Swinomish and Tulalip tribes.
Mazatl m Nahuatl, Mexican (Rare)From Nahuatl
mazatl meaning "deer", the seventh day-sign of the tonalpohualli. This was the name of a cacique or leader of the Nahuas of Papayeca, active during the Spanish conquest of what is now Honduras.
Migina f Omaha-PoncaMeans "returning moon", from the Omaha
miⁿ "moon, sun",
ginóⁿ "grow, flourish".
Miquiz m & f NahuatlMeans "death" in Nahuatl, derived from
miquiztli "death, mortality", the sixth day-sign of the tonalpohualli.
Mixtli f & m Nahuatl, Mexican (Rare)Means "cloud" in Nahuatl. This was the name of a princess in an Aztec legend, who is said to have died from grief after being falsely told her lover had died in battle.
Moskim m LenapeMoskim a shapeshifting folk hero form Lenape mythology, who mostly happens to be in the form of a trickster rabbit. His name has an unknown meaning.
Muktuk m InuitAn Inuit name. This is the name of a main character of the movie "The Journey Home".
Mumiak f InupiatBest known as the Iñupiat name of Alaskan mixed race fashion model and activist Laura Mae Bergt.
Najâja f GreenlandicGreenlandic name with the combination of
Naja and affix
-aaja is a Greenlandic affix used for and by children.
Nakoma f & m Ojibwe, Popular CultureAllegedly means "I do as I promise" in Chippewa (according to another source, "we will stand together"). It was borne by the wife of 19th-century fur trader Peter Abadie Sarpy (a member of the Iowa tribe of Native Americans)... [
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Nandua f Indigenous American, HistoryThe name of a 17th-century Native American woman of the Accawmacke tribe, daughter of Chief Debedeavon, who became an ally to the English colonists.
Naneda f ShawneeThis was the name of Oneta's mother in The Loon Feather, a 1940 novel by Iola Fuller. Oneta was the daughter of Tecumseh in the novel.
Nascha f NavajoDerived from the Navajo word
néʼéshjaaʼ meaning "owl".
Nidawi f Omaha-PoncaDerived from the Omaha word
nidawį meaning "elephant woman", composed by
nida referring to the giant bones found in riverbanks.
Níngut m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "line", "rope" (with which something is lowered); "spider's web".
Niviaq f & m GreenlandicDerived from the Greenlandic word
niviarsiaq "girl" (compare
Niviarsiaq), possibly meaning "reincarnated as a girl".
Nootau m Narragansett (?)Many sources list the meaning as "fire" in Algonquin, but this is incorrect. The Algonquin word for fire is
ishkode. It does however mean "a fire, especially for cooking" in the Narragansett language, of the Narragansett tribe, who were an Algonquin peoples.
Nuiana f GreenlandicGreenlandic name of uncertain origin, possibly from
nuiaq "cloud" or from the stem
nui- "sewing, basket-making", combined with the name suffix
na.
Nungüi f ShuarOf uncertain etymology. Nunui is the Jivaroan deity of plants.
Ohuatl m & f NahuatlMeans "green maize stalks, sugar cane" in Nahuatl.
Okwaho m & f MohawkLiterally means wolf in Mokawk, also can mean; shows loyalty.
Oratam m LenapeA sagamore, or sachem, of the Hackensack Indians living in northeastern New Jersey during the period of early European colonization in the 17th century.
Pakota m Indigenous American, YavapaiMeans "big man" in Yavapai. Name borne by a 19th century Yavapai leader that attended a peace conference with Ulysses S. Grant in 1872.
Pakuna f Miwok (?)Allegedly a variant of
Pukuna, a Miwok name meaning "deer jumping when running downhill".
Pancoz m & f NahuatlProbably means "yellow banner" in Nahuatl, derived from
panitl "flag, banner" and
coztic "yellow".
Papalo f NahuatlPossibly derived from Nahuatl
papalotl "butterfly".
Paytah m SiouxMeans "fire" in Lakota. From the Lakota
pȟéta (pay'-tah) 'fire'.
Pe'pe'ā'e f CheyenneMeans "Disorderly Woman", often used in the sense of a humorous nickname.