Haida Submitted Names

Haida names are used on the island of Haida Gwaii, Canada.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Gwaai m Haida
Gwaai Edenshaw is a Haida artist and filmmaker from Canada. Along with Helen Haig-Brown, he co-directed Edge of the Knife (SG̲aawaay Ḵʹuuna), the first Haida language feature film.
Koyah m Haida (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Haida xhuuyaa "raven". Koyah (fl. 1787–1795) was the chief of Ninstints or Skungwai, the main village of the Kunghit-Haida during the era of the Maritime Fur Trade in Haida Gwaii off the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Skaay m Haida
The Haida word for a type of mollusk that is also used as a given name.
Xhuuyaa m Haida
Derived from Haida xhuuyaa "raven" (compare Koyah).