This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is Indigenous American; and the pattern is ****.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Napârtoĸ m & f GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "standing upright" or "Greenland mountain ash".
Nasaussaĸ f & m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "hood of a woman's furjacket" or "the bladder on the head of a hooded seal".
Nascha f NavajoDerived from the Navajo word
néʼéshjaaʼ meaning "owl".
Natuk f GreenlandicThis is believed to have originated as a nursery form of the Greenlandic word
inequnartoq "sweet, cute", shortened and simplified to
natuk through the common custom of babbling or cooing with a baby... [
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Nauhyotl m NahuatlMeans "fourth" in Nahuatl, literally "having the quality or likeness of four".
Naujánguaĸ f GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "Ross's Gull" with the combination of combination of
Nauja and -nnguaq meaning "sweet, dear".
Navagiaq m Greenlandic, Inuit Mythology, InupiatWest Greenlandic name meaning "the one who travelled from place to place", composed of
nava- meaning "exchange, moving from place to place" and -
giaq meaning "travel" or "is out". In Greenlandic mythology this is the name of a character who dies and travels from animal to animal as a spirit until he is finally reborn as a human.
Navarana f Greenlandic, Danish (Rare)Greenlandic name meaning "one who alternates between different parties", derived from the Proto-Eskimo root *
naverar "to trade, exchange" and the name suffix
na. In legend Navarana was an Inuit woman who brought about disunity by alternating between her tribe of native Greenlanders and the Norse colonists... [
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Naviyuk f & m Inupiat (Modern)Uigvak(King Island) dialect Inupiatun name of writer and poet Joan Naviyuk Kane, etymology and meaning unknown, possibly related to the western Kalilit(Greenlandic) name
Navagiaq Necahual f NahuatlMeans "left behind, survivor", derived from Nahuatl
cahua, meaning "to leave, to abandon something; to be left, remain, survive".
Nenca f NahuatlMeans either "to be idle, inactive, without profit" or "to have lived" in Nahuatl.
Nencahuitl m NahuatlPossibly means "one who is in vain", derived from Nahuatl
nencahui "to be in vain".
Nentlamati m NahuatlMeans "he is unhappy, he’s pining away", from Nahuatl
nen- "in vain" and
tlatami "to know something".
Neten m & f Shipibo-ConiboFrom the Shipibo
nete meaning "world, day" and the genitive suffix
-n.
Nezahualcoyotl m NahuatlFrom Nahuatl
nezahualli "fasting", probably referring to a paper collar worn to show the wearer should not be offered food, and
coyotl "coyote".
Nezahualpilli m Nahuatl, AztecDerived from Nahuatl
nezahualli "fasting", probably referring to a collar made out of bands of paper twisted together that was worn to show the wearer should not be offered food, and
pilli "person of noble lineage; child"... [
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Nezahualxochitl f NahuatlPossibly the name of a kind of medicinal plant found in the water. Derived from Nahuatl
nezahual "fasting" and
xōchitl "flower".
Nheengatu m TupiPopular name in ancient Guarani nations, it is now the name of a dialect of Guarani, and popular name for males of Tupi descent in Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina and common among males of Tupi descent in Uruguay.
Nidawi f Omaha-PoncaDerived from the Omaha word
nidawį meaning "elephant woman", composed by
nida referring to the giant bones found in riverbanks.
Nikte-ha f Yucatec MayaFrom the Mayan elements
nik meaning "flower" and
ha meaning "water". This also refers to a specific type of waterlily,
Nymphaea.
Níngut m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "line", "rope" (with which something is lowered); "spider's web".
Nive f GreenlandicOld (Kleinschmidt orthography) spelling of
Nivi. This is borne by Greenlandic singer-songwriter and actress Nive Nielsen.
Niviaq f & m GreenlandicDerived from the Greenlandic word
niviarsiaq "girl" (compare
Niviarsiaq), possibly meaning "reincarnated as a girl".
Niviarsiaĸ f GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "young woman or girl, maiden, girl of marriageable age", combined with
Niviaĸ and
-siaq "acquired as" or meaning "Rosebay Willowherb" (Name meanings depend per dialect).
Niviatsiaĸ f GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "graceful, beautiful girl" with the combination of
Niviaĸ and suffix
-tsiaq "beautiful", "fair", "fairly good", "precious", "sweet", "fair-sized", "nice", "good", "handsome".
Nochhuetl m & f NahuatlPossibly derived from Nahuatl
nochehuatl "prickly pear fruit rind/skin", implying persistence or tenacity. Alternately, may be a combination of
nochtli "prickly pear fruit" and either
huehue "elder, old man" or
huehuetl "drum".
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.
Nukartâĸ m & f GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "newborn younger sibling of speaker's gender".
Nukartâva f & m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "his/her new little brother/sister". Combination of
Nukartâĸ and suffix
-a, possessive-genitive marker.
Nungüi f ShuarOf uncertain etymology. Nunui is the Jivaroan deity of plants.
Nûno f & m GreenlandicGreenlandic pet name for a baby/the youngest child in the family.
Nuvua f InuitAn Inuit name. This is the name of an Inuit woman in the movie: "The Journey Home".
Obabaamwewe-giizhigokwe f OjibweMeans "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)... [
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Obai f & m AsháninkaPossibly a variant spelling of the Ashaninka
obae meaning "Andean cock-of-the-rock".
Ocelotl m NahuatlMeans "jaguar, ocelot" in Nahuatl, the fourteenth day-sign of the tonalpohualli.
Ocuil m & f NahuatlFrom Nahuatl
ocuilin, "worm, caterpillar".
Ogaleesha m SiouxMeans "wears a red shirt" in Lakota. From
ógle 'shirt',
iglúzA 'wear clothes',
šá 'to be red'.
Ohanzee m SiouxMeans "to be overshadowed, overcast, be a shadow on; shaded, cast a shadow on" in Lakota. From the Lakota
aháŋzi.
Ohitekah m SiouxMeans "brave, fierce, warlike" in Lakota. From the Lakota
ohítikA 'to be brave, fierce, bold, daring, furious, foolhardy, violent; terrifying, ferocious, warlike, recklessly bold'.
Ohquamehud m WampanoagName of a Nauset sachem who was one of nine sachems to sign a peace treaty with the English Settlers to Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Ohserase m MohawkMeans "new year" in Mohawk. This is the name of Shawn Youngchief's character on 'Mohawk Girls'.
Ohuatl m & f NahuatlMeans "green maize stalks, sugar cane" in Nahuatl.
Oiguina f WampanoagName borne by a possible daughter of Quadequina, brother of Massasoit.
Ojinjintka f SiouxMeans "wildrose", from Lakota
uŋžíŋžiŋtka 'wild rose fruits, wildrose, rosehip, rosebud'.
Okwaho m & f MohawkLiterally means wolf in Mokawk, also can mean; shows loyalty.
Olin m NahuatlMeans "movement, motion" in Nahuatl, sometimes referring to an earthquake. This is the seventeenth day-sign of the tonalpohualli. Compare
Olli.
Ollacatl m & f NahuatlPossibly means "rubber person", derived from Nahuatl
olli "rubber, a rubber ball". Alternately, could mean "person from Ollac".
Ollanta m QuechuaA famous bearer is Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso (1962-) the 65th President of Peru from 2011 to 2016.
Olli m NahuatlMeans "rubber, latex, a rubber ball" in Nahuatl. Alternately, a variant of
Olin.
Olopatzicatl m NahuatlMeaning uncertain, possibly derived from Nahuatl
olotl "shelled corncob; heart of an ear of maize" and
patzoa "to squeeze, to crush, to mash (fruit)", combined with the affiliative suffix
-catl.
Omemazatl f NahuatlMeans "two-deer" in Nahuatl, referring to the day of the Aztec calendar that the bearer was born.
Ontonagon f & m OjibweLocated in the state of Michigan, this Upper Peninsula county, which features the Porcupine Mountains, is named after the Ontonagon River. The name is said to be derived from an Ojibwe language word Nondon-organ, meaning "hunting river"... [
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Opechancanough m AlgonquinMeans "he whose soul is white" in Powhatan. A noted bearer was a tribal chief of the Powhatan Confederacy of what is now Virginia in the United States, and its leader from sometime after 1618 until his death in 1646... [
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Opochmacuex m NahuatlMeans "bracelet worn on the left arm" in Nahuatl, from
opochtli "the left, left-hand side" and
macuextli "bracelet".
Opochtli m Nahuatl, Aztec and Toltec MythologyMeans "the left, left-hand side" or "left-handed" in Nahuatl, figuratively "south". This was also the name of an Aztec deity associated with water, considered the god of fishing and hunting and a representative of the rain god
Tlaloc.
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.
Orianko f & m AsháninkaEtymology uncertain, the first element is likely from the Ashaninka
oria meaning "sun".
Orizoba m & f NahuatlPossibly from the Nahuatl word meaning "valley of happy waters". Another theory suggests it is a distant derivation of Tarshish, meaning "trading post".... [
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Orocobix m Taíno (Archaic)Name of the cacique of the Jatibonicu region of Puerto Rico at the time of the arrival of Columbus.
Osceola m History, Creek (Anglicized)Anglicized form of Creek
Asi Yahola meaning "black drink singer" from
asi, the name of a ritual beverage, and
yahola "shouter". It was borne by a 19th-century Seminole leader.
Osh-tisch f & m Sioux (Rare)Means "Finds Them and Kills Them" in Crow, from the verb
óhchikaapi ("find"). Osh-Tisch was a Crow badé, a male-bodied person in a Crow community who took part in some of the social and ceremonial roles usually filled by women in that culture.
Osuitok m & f InuitKnown bearer is Inuit sculptor Osuitok Ipeelee.