Ojibwe Submitted Names

Ojibwe names are used by the Ojibwe (or Chippewa) people of Canada and the United States.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Aanakwadikwe f Ojibwe
Derived from the Ojibwe word aanakwad meaning "cloud" and ikwe meaning "woman".

Aanakwadinini m Ojibwe
Derived from the Ojibwe word aanakwad meaning "cloud" and inini meaning "man".

Aanakwadmeskwa m & f Ojibwe
Derived from the Ojibwe word aanakwad meaning "cloud" and meskwa meaning "red".

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

Abedabun f Ojibwe
Possibly means "she/he sees in the distance" in Ojibwe, from Ojibwe waabi "she/he has vision, sees" and debaabam "see at a distance". It also means "seen at dawn; dawn" in Chippewa.

Abequa f Ojibwe
Variant of Abeque.

Abeque f Ojibwe
Possibly means "she stays at home" in Ojibwe, from Ojibwe abi "s/he is at home, sits in a certain place" and ishkwii "s/he stays behind" or nazhikewabi/anzhikewabi "s/he lives alone, is home alone, sits alone".

Ah-shah-way-gee-she-go-qua f Ojibwe
Meaning, "hanging cloud."

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

Anangokaa f & m Ojibwe
Meaning: Plenty of Stars; There are many stars; Many Stars; There is an abundance of Stars; Star Abundance

Ashwiyaa f Ojibwe
Means "arms oneself"in Ojibwe.

Asiniiwin m Ojibwe
Meaning, "rocky boy" or "stone child."

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

Biidaaban f Ojibwe
Loosely translated from Anishinaabemowin (the Ojibwe language) it is a name meaning "daybreak," "the approach of dawn," "dawn is coming." ... [more]

Biyen m Ojibwe
Ojibwe variant of Peter.

Chibenashi m Ojibwe
Meaning, "big little bird."

Damashkawizii f Ojibwe
Means "lady of strength" in Ojibwe.

Gaa-binagwiiyaas m Ojibwe
Means "which the flesh peels off" or "sloughing flesh" or "wrinkle meat" or "old wrinkled meat" in Ojibwe.

Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh m Ojibwe
Means "he who stands forever" in Ojibwe.

Kahkewāquonāby m Ojibwe
Meaning, "sacred waving feathers."

Ka-wa-zauce m Ojibwe
Ojibwe word for "little child".

Kechewaishke m Ojibwe
Means "great renewer" in Ojibwe.

Keewaydinoquay m Ojibwe

Kiiwedinaashik m & f Ojibwe
I know Kiiwedin, or Giiwedin means North, or North wind, but I do not know the meaning of aashik.

Lutiant f Ojibwe
Lutiant LaVoy was an Ojibwe woman who worked as a nurse in Washington, D.C., during the 1918 pandemic. She was the only person in the United States with this name according to the 1910 census. Perhaps this is an Anglicized or Americanized version of a native Ojibwe name.

Maemaengwahn f Ojibwe
Means "butterfly" in Ojibwe, from the Ojibwe memengwaa "butterfly".

Maiagizis m Ojibwe
Means "right/correct sun", deriving from the Ojibwe giizis ("sun, moon, a month"). This was the Ojibwe name of Ignace Tonené, a chief of the Teme-Augama Anishnabai people.

Makwa m Ojibwe

Medweganoonind m Ojibwe
Means "who is heard spoken to" in Ojibwe.

Meegwun m Ojibwe
From Ojibwe miigwan "feather". This is borne by Meegwun Fairbrother, a Canadian actor of Ojibwe descent.

Meskwaopwaganikwe f Ojibwe
Anishinaabek (Ojibwe) name meaning "red pipe woman." Meskwa means red, opwagan means pipe, and ikwe means woman. inini can replace ikwe to make it a male name.

Miskwaadesi m & f Ojibwe
This name means "Little Red Turtle". A turtle in Ojibwe is a sign of truth.

Naawakamig m Ojibwe
Means "in the center of the universe" in Ojibwe.

Naawakamigookwe f Ojibwe
Meaning, "centered upon the ground woman."

Nakoma f & m Ojibwe, Popular Culture
Allegedly 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)... [more]

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

Nanabojo m Ojibwe
Variant of Nanabozho.

Nanaboozhoo m Ojibwe
Variant of Nanabozho.

Nanabushu m Ojibwe
Variant of Nanabush.

Nee-gon-we-way-we-dun m Ojibwe
Meaning, "thunder before the storm."

Nenaa'angebi m Ojibwe
Means "beautifying bird" in Ojibwe.

Niibeedashkaa f Ojibwe

Niigi'o f Ojibwe
Wife of Chief Nenaa'angebi.

Nodin m Ojibwe
Means "wind" in Ojibwe.

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]

Ogimaawaatigookwe f Ojibwe
Aninishinaabek (of the Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi) name meaning poplar tree woman

Okimaskew f Ojibwe

Ontonagon f & m Ojibwe
Located 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"... [more]

Ozaawindib m Ojibwe
Meaning, "yellow head." The original bearer was a "two spirit" and thus the name may be considered gender neutral.

Ozhaguscodaywayquay f Ojibwe
Means "woman of the green glade", or "green prairie woman", deriving in part from the Ojibwe element ikwe ("woman").

Peezhickee m Ojibwe
From Ojibwe bizhiki meaning "buffalo".

Roqueaiikwe f Ojibwe

Sabe m Ojibwe

Saginaw m Ojibwe
Land of the Sauks Ojibwe chippewa Indigenous

Shingwaukonse m Ojibwe
Means "little pine", deriving from the Ojibwe word zhingwaak ("pine, white pine, red pine"). Name borne by an Anishinaabe chief (1773-1854) who played a prominent role in the foundation of the Garden River First Nation.

Tapa f & m Ojibwe
Means "water antelope" in Ojibwe.

Thanadelthur f Ojibwe

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

Waabaanakwad m Ojibwe
Meaning, "white cloud."

Waasnodae f Ojibwe
Meaning "Dawn" in Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)

Wabanquot m Ojibwe
Means "white cloud", from Ojibwe waabaanakwad 'white cloud'.... [more]

Wabun-inini m Ojibwe
Meaning, "man of dawn."

Wah-wah-teh-go-nay-ga-bo m Ojibwe
Meaning, "standing in the northern lights."

Waubojeeg m Ojibwe
Means "white fisher" in Ojibwe.

Way-me-tig-o-zhe-quay f Ojibwe
Found academic translation is "French woman". This Ojibwe woman was married (young) to a French fur trader...

Wenaboozhoo m Ojibwe
Variant of Winneboujou.

Wenabozho m Ojibwe
Variant of Winneboujou