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.
Otaktay m SiouxMeans "kills many" in Lakota. From the Lakota
óta (oh'-tay) 'to be many, much, a lot of, plenty' and
kté (k'tay) 'to kill, slaughter'.
Otellie f HopiOtellie Pasiyava Loloma was a Hopi woman & one of the first faculty members at the Native American arts school, the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Otetiani m SenecaThis was the name of Red Jacket (known as Otetiani in his youth and Sagoyewatha (Keeper Awake) Sa-go-ye-wa-tha because of his oratorical skills) (c. 1750 - 1830), a Native American Seneca orator and chief of the Wolf clan... [
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Otlicahuetztoc m NahuatlMeans "he lies fallen on the road" in Nahuatl, possibly indicating someone who was often drunk.
Otoncuauh m NahuatlMeans "Otomi eagle" in Nahuatl, the Otomi being an ethnic group indigenous to central Mexico. They were also an elite Aztec military order, named after the Otomi people.
Ousamequin m WampanoagSachem, or leader, of the Wampanoag, and "Massasoit" of the Wampanoag Confederacy.
Owisò:kon f MohawkMeans "under ice" in Mohawk. Mohawk names are created uniquely for each individual and are not to be repeated while the bearer is living. There is currently a living bearer of this name.
Ozaawindib m OjibweMeaning, "yellow head." The original bearer was a "two spirit" and thus the name may be considered gender neutral.
Ozhaguscodaywayquay f OjibweMeans "woman of the green glade", or "green prairie woman", deriving in part from the Ojibwe element
ikwe ("woman").
Ozomatli m & f NahuatlMeans "monkey" in Nahuatl, the eleventh day-sign of the tonalpohualli.
Pacha Lliju f AymaraFrom the Aymara
pacha meaning "epoch, time and space, cosmos" and possibly
lliju lliju meaning "flash of lightning, vivid light".
Pacha Qhana f AymaraFrom the Aymara
pacha meaning "epoch, time and space, cosmos" and
qhana meaning "clear, evident".
Pacha Qura f AymaraFrom the Aymara
pacha meaning "epoch, time and space, cosmos" and
qura meaning "herb, medicinal plant".
Pacha Warawara f AymaraFrom the Aymara
pacha meaning "epoch, time and space, cosmos" and
wara wara meaning "star".
Pacoatl m NahuatlPossibly means "medicine snake", from Nahuatl
patli "medicine, herb; poison" and
coatl "snake, serpent; twin".
Pahninee m PaiuteOf uncertain meaning. This was the original Paiute name of the war leader known to the English-speaking world as Chief Paulina (died 1867).
Pain m NahuatlMeans "agile runner" in Nahuatl, from
paina "to run fast".
Pâjuk m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "oarsman", "rowing one" (in a kayak).
Paka Wara f AymaraFrom the Aymara
paka meaning "eagle" and
wara wara meaning "star".
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".
Pane f GreenlandicGreenlandic pet form of names beginning with
Pane-/Pani-.
Panínguaĸ f GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning 'sweet little daughter' with the combination of
Panik and
-nnguaq 'sweet, dear'.
Panqara Wara f AymaraFrom the Aymara
panqara meaning "flower" and
wara wara meaning "star".
Papalo f NahuatlPossibly derived from Nahuatl
papalotl "butterfly".
Paskwüw m CreeMeans "the plain", referring to the prairies, in Cree.
Patdleĸ m & f GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "(dwarf) willow" or "alder" (Lat. Alnus crispa).
Payipwāt m CreeMeans "one who knows the secrets of the Sioux" in Cree.
Paytah m SiouxMeans "fire" in Lakota. From the Lakota
pȟéta (pay'-tah) 'fire'.
Pein m & f Shipibo-ConiboFrom the Shipibo
pei meaning "wing, feather, leaf" and the genitive suffix
-n.
Pe'pe'ā'e f CheyenneMeans "Disorderly Woman", often used in the sense of a humorous nickname.
Peri m Portuguese (Brazilian), Tupi (?)Possibly derived from Tupi
piripiri, which refers to a type of reed. This is the name of the hero of José de Alencar's novel
The Guarani (1857), a fictional member of the Goitacá people of Brazil... [
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Peta m ComanchePeta Nocona (d. 1864) was a chief of the Comanche band Noconi. He led his tribe during the extensive Indian Wars in Texas from the 1830s to 1860. He was the son of the Comanche chief Iron Jacket and father of chief
Quanah Parker with
Nadua... [
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Pêtâstêkawisk f CreeMeaning "moon coming up flower". This name was given to one baby girl in Alberta in 2023.
Phaxsi Jalsu f AymaraFrom the Aymara
phaxsi meaning "moon" and
jalsu meaning "east; sunrise" or "spring".
Pihuiyol m NahuatlPossibly derived from Nahuatl
pihui "to increase, multiply" and
yollotl "heart, life".
Pilo f & m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning "bog bilberry, great bilberry, whortleberry".... [
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Piloĸutínguaĸ f & m GreenlandicGreenlandic name meaning 'sweet little leaf', from a combination of
Pilutaĸ and
-nnguaq, a Greenlandic suffix meaning "sweet", "dear", "little" or Grennlandic name meaning "sweet little berry", from a combination of
Piloĸ and
-nnguaq, a Greenlandic suffix meaning "sweet", "dear", "little".
Pinquana m ShoshoneVariant of Shoshoni name
Pina Quanah meaning "sweet-swelling", from
pihnaa "sugar, honey, sweet" and -
kwana(h) "to smell (of)". This was the original name of 19th-century Shoshone leader Chief Washakie.
Piominko m ChickasawMeans "leader and war prophet" in Chickasaw. From the Chickasaw
hopaya "war prophet" and
minko "leader".
Piren f MapucheFrom Mapudungun verb
piren meaning "to snow, hail" (compare
Pire, derived from the noun).
Piyoton f NahuatlPossibly means "little chicken", from Nahuatl
piyo, "chicken" (borrowed from the Spanish onomatopoeia
pío), and the diminutive suffix
-ton.
Ponponio m MiwokLeader of a band of Native American fugitives in California who called themselves Los Insurgentes and who rebelled against Mexican rule and the mission system in California.
Pontiac m Indigenous AmericanPontiac or Obwaandi'eyaag was an Odawa war chief known for his role in the war named for him, from 1763 to 1766 leading Native Americans in an armed struggle against the British in the Great Lakes region due to, among other reasons, dissatisfaction with British policies.... [
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Popocatl m NahuatlVariant of
Popoca. Alternately, could mean "smoking water", derived from Nahuatl
popoca "to smoke" and
atl "water".
Poton m NahuatlPossibly derived from Nahuatl
potoni, which means "to stink, to smell bad" and sometimes relates to dust storms.
Powhatan m AlgonquinThe name of the Native American confederation of tribes in Virginia, which English colonists mistook for the name of Chief
Wahunsenacawh, the paramount chief of Tsenacommacah, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Virginia Indians in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607... [
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Pozon m NahuatlDerived from Nahuatl
pozoni, "to boil, foam, seethe; to become angry".
Pushmataha m ChoctawMeaning uncertain, though scholars agree that it suggests connotations of "ending"; possible meanings include "the warrior's seat is finished", "he has won all the honors of his race", and, from
Apushamatahahubi, "a messenger of death" (literally "one whose rifle, tomahawk, or bow is alike fatal in war or hunting")... [
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