Browse Submitted Names

This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is Indigenous American; and the meaning contains the keyword bear.
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Aklaq m & f Inuit
Meaning, "black bear."
Allaq m Greenlandic
Means "brown bear" in Greenlandic.
Atiqtalaaq m & f Inuit
Means "polar bear cub" in Inuit.
Avo-naco m Cheyenne (Anglicized)
From the Cheyenne name Ávoonenáhkohe meaning "starving bear" or "lean bear".
Elki m Miwok
Derived from Miwok elkini "to hang over the top of" or "to drape over", with the implied meaning "bear hanging intestines of people on top of rocks or bushes".
Éše'hénȧhkohe m Cheyenne
Means "Sun Bear" in Cheyenne.
Hania m Hopi
From Hopi hónawuu "bear".
Hateya f Miwok
Means "press with the foot" or "make tracks" in the Miwok language, with the implied meaning being "bear making tracks in the dust". From the Miwok ha·t'ej.
He'énȧhkȯhá'e f Cheyenne
Means "she-bear" in Cheyenne.
Heóvenáhkohe m Cheyenne
Means "Yellow Bear" in Cheyenne.
Hestóxenáhkohe m Cheyenne
Means "Last Bear" in Cheyenne.
Hon'mana f Hopi
Means "bear girl" in Hopi.
Jukumari m Aymara
Means "bear" in Aymara.
Kuruk m Pawnee
Means "bear" in Pawnee.
Liwanu m Miwok
Means "bear growl" in Miwok.
Machk m Algonquin
Means "bear" in Algonquin.
Ma'enáhkȯhá'e f Cheyenne
Means "Red Bear Woman" in Cheyenne.
Ma'heónenáhkohe m Cheyenne
Means "Medicine Bear" in Cheyenne.
Matȟósapa m Sioux
Means "black bear" in the Lakota language.
Mato m Sioux
Means "bear; fiercely angry" in Lakota. From the Lakota matȟó 'bear; to be fiercely angry, to be a shark at'.
Matoskah m Sioux
Means "polar bear", from Lakota word matȟó meaning "bear" and ska meaning "white".
Ma'xenáhkohe m Cheyenne
Means "Big Bear" in Cheyenne.
Mistahi-maskwa m Cree
Means "big bear" in Cree.
Náhkȯhá'e f Cheyenne
Means "Bear Woman" in Cheyenne.
Náhkohe m Cheyenne
Means "Bear" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯheamēhne m Cheyenne
Means "Walking Bear" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯhehēsta m Cheyenne
Means "Bear Heart" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯheho'ēsta m Cheyenne
Means "Fire Bear" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯhemȧhta'sóoma m Cheyenne
Means "Spirit Bear" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯhéméó'ėstse m Cheyenne
Means "Fighting Bear" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯheméóná'e f Cheyenne
Means "Bear Road Woman" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯhemēō'o m Cheyenne
Means "Bear Trail, Bear Road" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯheósá'e f Cheyenne
Means "Bear Claws Woman" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯheóse m Cheyenne
Means "Bear Claws" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯhéso m Cheyenne
Means "Little Bear, Bear Cub" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯhma'heóná'e f Cheyenne
Means "Bear Medicine Woman" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯhno'kaestse m Cheyenne
Means "One Bear, Lone Bear" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯhtameōhtsėstse m Cheyenne
Means "Walking Bear" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯhtsévo'soo'ėstse m Cheyenne
Means "Playing Bear" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯxháaestse m Cheyenne
Means "Brave Bear" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯxheóvaestse m Cheyenne
Means "Yellow Bear" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯxho'óxeóó'ėstse m Cheyenne
Means "Bear Stands Last, Last Bear Standing" in Cheyenne.
Náhkȯxhovéo'eóó'ėstse m Cheyenne
Means "Bear Stands in the Shade" in Cheyenne.
Nano m Greenlandic
Means "(polar) bear" in Greenlandic.
Nanoq m Greenlandic
Means "polar bear" in Greenlandic.
Náoxhóé'éhne m Cheyenne
Means "Bear comes out" in Cheyenne.
Taa'évanáhkohe m Cheyenne
Means "Night Bear" in Cheyenne.
Tóhtoo'énȧhkohe m Cheyenne
Means "Prairie Bear" in Cheyenne.
Vóhpenáhkohe m Cheyenne
Means "White Bear" in Cheyenne.
Wirasuap m Shoshone
Means "bear spirit" in Shoshone.
Xaehenâhkohe m Cheyenne
Means "Weasel bear" in Cheyenne.
Yona m Cherokee
Means "bear" in Cherokee.