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This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is Indigenous American; and the meaning contains the keywords shining or brilliant or bright or gleaming or star or celestial or heaven or heavens or luminous or sky.

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Aazhawigiizhigokwe f Ojibwe (Anglicized)
Meaning, "goes across the sky woman" or "the hanging cloud."

Achahkos f Cree
Means "Star" in Cree.

Achiq f Quechua
Means "light, bright" in Quechua.

Achiyaku f Quechua
Means "clear water, luminous water", from Quechua yaku meaning "water".

Acmachquichiuh m & f Nahuatl
Means "who in heaven’s name made him/her?", derived from Nahuatl ac "who? which one?", mach "certainly, totally", used here as an intensifier to the question, and quichiuh "to make something, to do something".

Adlartok m & f Inuit
Inuit name meaning "clear sky"

Anang f & m Ojibwe
Means "star" in Ojibwe.

Ankatu m Mapuche
From Mapuche meaning "Sir that touches the Sky"

Ára f Guarani
Means "sky, heavens" in Guarani.

Arami f Guarani
Diminutive of Guarani word ára meaning "sky, heavens".

Atdlarneĸ m Greenlandic
Means "clear sky" in Greenlandic.

Bamewawagezhikaquay f Ojibwe
Meaning, "woman of the sound (the stars make) rushing through the sky" in Ojibwe.

Biri f & m Shipibo-Conibo
Means "shining" in Shipibo.

Birin m & f Shipibo-Conibo
From the Shipibo biri meaning "shining" and the genitive suffix -n.

Chalchiuhtlanetzin m Nahuatl
Means "bright precious stone" in Nahuatl, from chālchiuhtli "precious green or blue stone" and tlanextli "light, radiance", combined with the diminutive or reverential suffix -tzin... [more]

Chalchiuhtlatonac m & f Nahuatl, Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Means "shining precious stone" in Nahuatl, from chālchiuhtli "precious green or blue stone" and tlatonac "shining, prospering". This was the name of the second ruler of the Mexica, as well as an epithet of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue.

Ch'aska f Incan Mythology, Quechua
In Incan mythology, Ch'aska ("Venus") or Ch'aska Quyllur ("Venus star") was the goddess of dawn and twilight, the planet Venus, flowers, maidens, and sex. She protected virgin girls. This name is of a separate etmology, with the Quechua ch'aska referring to what they thought was the brightest star but was the planet Venus... [more]

Ch’askañawi f Quechua
Means "star eyes" in Quechua.

Hotóhké'e f Cheyenne
Means "Star Woman" in Cheyenne.

Hotóhkema'aestse m Cheyenne
Means "Red Star" in Cheyenne.

Hotóhkeméóná'e f Cheyenne
Means "Star Road Woman" in Cheyenne.

Hotóhketanā'ȯhtse m Cheyenne
Means "Falling Star" in Cheyenne.

Ilhuicacihuatl f Nahuatl
From Nahuatl ilhuicac "celestial, heavenly; in the sky, in heaven" and cihuatl "woman".

Ipiso-waahsa f Siksika
Means "Morning Star" in Siksika.

Jalsu Warawara f Aymara
From the Aymara jalsu meaning "east; sunrise" or "spring" and wara wara meaning "star".

Jaylli Warawara f Aymara
From the Aymara jaylli meaning "song" and wara wara meaning "star".

K’ajiri m Aymara
Means "brilliant, shining" in Aymara.

Ka'kwet f Indigenous American
It means “Sea Star”

K'augdluatdlak f Greenlandic
Means "shining white" in Greenlandic.

Keasik f Cree
From Cree ka wâsekwahk "sky blue".

Kisikawasan m Cree
Means "flash in the sky" in Cree.

Kusi-quyllur f Quechua, Theatre
Means "joyful star" in Quechua, from Quechua kusi "joyful, happy" and quyllur "star". Kusi Quyllur is the name of the princess in the Quechua-language play 'Ollantay' (the oldest known manuscript of which dates to the 18th century).

Laqampu m Aymara
Means "sky" in Aymara.

Lliphipiq f Quechua
Means "bright" in Quechua.

Maehkiwkasic m Menominee
Means "red sky" in Menominee.

Matzayani f & m Nahuatl, Mexican
Means "for the sky to open up, for a wall to split" in Nahuatl.

Mbyja f Guarani
Means "star" in Guarani.

Miká’e f Omaha-Ponca
Means “star” in Omaha-Ponca.

Mimbi f Guarani
Means "bright" in Guarani.

Miskweminanocsqua f Algonquian
Means "raspberry star woman" in Mohegan-Pequot, an extinct Eastern Algonquian language; derived from the Mohegan-Pequot cognate words of Ojibwe miskomin meaning "raspberry" and anang "star", combined with Mohegan-Pequot sqá "woman"... [more]

Naiá f Tupi, Guarani
Per the legend, an indigenous tribe believed that the moon was the goddess Jaci, who came at night and kissed and lit up the faces of the most beautiful virgins in the village. When the moon hid behind the mountain, she would take girls with her and turn them into stars.... [more]

Namid m Ojibwe, Cheyenne
Derived from the Ojibwe and Cheyenne words niimii meaning "she dances" and anang meaning "star".

Obabaamwewe-giizhigokwe f Ojibwe
Means "Woman of the Sound (that the stars make) Rushing Through the Sky", deriving from the Ojibwe elements babaam ("place to place"), wewe ("makes a repeated sound"), giizhig ("sky"), and ikwe ("woman)... [more]

Ojistah f Mohawk
Means "star" in Mohawk.

Oota Dabun f Siksika
Means "day star" in Siksika.

Oota-dabun f Cree
Means "Day Star" in Cree.

Pacha Warawara f Aymara
From the Aymara pacha meaning "epoch, time and space, cosmos" and wara wara meaning "star".

Paka Wara f Aymara
From the Aymara paka meaning "eagle" and wara wara meaning "star".

Panqara Wara f Aymara
From the Aymara panqara meaning "flower" and wara wara meaning "star".

Paqaña m Aymara
Means "shining of stars" in Aymara.

Pené m & f Shipibo-Conibo
Means "bright, resplendent" in Shipibo.

Quriquyllur f Quechua
Derived from Quechua quri "gold" and quyllur "star".

Quta Warawara f Aymara
From the Aymara quta meaning "lake" and wara wara meaning "star".

Quyllur m & f Quechua
Means "star" in Quechua.

Quyllurit’i f Quechua
Derived from Quechua quyllur meaning "star" and rit'i meaning "snow". This is a famous Peruvian religious festival.

Raruurawaahakstiisaaru m Pawnee
Means "he who esteems the heavens as chiefly" in Skiri Pawnee.

Sajuna f Aymara
Means "sky blue" in Aymara.

Suni f Indigenous American
Possibly means "bright; brillant" in Zuni, spoken in New Mexico and Arizona.

Tabemohats m Comanche
My Uncle Johnny named my son this: Tabemohats meaning "Bright Sun"

Tainá f Tupi, Brazilian
Derived from Old Tupi tainã "star, morning star".

Tainã-Kan m & f New World Mythology, Tupi, Guarani
Means "great star" in Tupi-Guaraní.... [more]

Tekaronhió:ken m Mohawk
Means "split in the sky" in Mohawk.

Tenaya m Miwok
Possibly from Central Sierra Miwok taná·ya- meaning "evening star". This was the name of a 19th-century Miwok chief for whom Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park was named.

Tezcapoc m Nahuatl
A kind of black obsidian used in making mirrors, derived from Nahuatl tezcatl "mirror" and poctli "smoke". It could also refer to a powder containing flecks of metal used to paint religious icons, in this case meaning "shining smoke, reflective smoke"... [more]

Ti-bish-ko-gi-jik m Ojibwe
Meaning, "looking into the sky."

Tlāhuizcalpantēcuhtli m Aztec and Toltec Mythology, Nahuatl
Means "lord of the star of the dawn" from Nahuatl words tlāhuizcalpan meaning "place of the dawn" combined with tēcuhtli meaning "lord". In Aztec and Toltec Mythology, Tlāhuizcalpantēcuhtli is associated with the planet Venus as the Morning Star and is considered a manifestation of Quetzalcoatl... [more]

Totonametl m Nahuatl
Means "resplendent one, shining one" in Nahuatl, a reduplicate form of tonametl "sunbeam, ray of sun". This was a title of the sun and of the planet Venus, as well as a given name.

Ulloriannguaq m Greenlandic
Means "sweet little star", derived from Greenlandic ulloriaq "star" (cf. Ulloriaq) combined with the diminutive suffix nnguaq meaning "sweet, dear, little".

Ururi m Aymara
Means "bright star, Venus" in Aymara.

Vóóhéhévá'e f Cheyenne
Means "Morning Star Woman" in Cheyenne.

Vóóhéhéve m Cheyenne
Means "morning star" in Cheyenne.

Waraqucha f Quechua
Means "star of the sea" in Quechua.

Warawara f Aymara
Means "star" in Aymara.

Wa-tho-huk m Algonquian
Means "bright path" in the Meskwaki-Sauk language, possibly in part from the Meskwaki-Sauk word wâpâthowa ("light, be bright"). This was the Meskwaki-Sauk name of Jim Thorpe, an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist.

Wenu f & m Mapuche
From Mapudungun wenu, a noun meaning "sky" and an adverb meaning "up, above."

Wicapiwakan f Sioux
From Lakota wičháȟpi "star" and wakȟáŋ "sacred, holy".

Wichahpi f Sioux
From Lakota wičháȟpi (wee-chahk'-pee) "a star, stars".

Yakecan m Tupi (Rare)
Means "the sound of the sky" in Tupi.

Yanua f Shuar
Means "star" in Shuar.

Yayanúa f Aguaruna
Means "star woman" in Awajún.

Yuka f & m Inuit
Means "bright star" in Inuit.

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