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GATHERED BY SPOTTED WOLF-FEBRUARY 2006

NATIVE AMERICAN MALE NAMES and MEANINGS

     Native American names are very interesting as names for new babies because they have so much meaning behind them. Rooted in forces of nature, religion and personally desired characteristics, they translate into poetic epithets.

     They are meant to herald great events and are to be celebrated, as these aptly named babies are welcomed into the tribe.

HOW TO GIVE YOUR BABY A NATIVE AMERICAN NAME

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ABOOKSIGUN: Algonquin: " wildcat."

ABORNAZINE: Abnaki: "keeper of the flame"

ABUKCHEECH: Algonquin: " mouse."

ACARAHO: Crow: "Mountain"

ACHAK, ACHACHAK: Algonquin: " spirit."

ADAHY: Cherokee: " lives in the woods."

ADITSAN: Navajo: "Listener"

ADOEETE: Kiowa: "great tree; great chief"

AHANU: Algonquin: " he laughs."

AHIGA: Navajo: " he fights."

AHMIK: "beaver"

AHOTE: Hopi: " restless one."

AHTUNOWHIHO: Cheyenne: " one who lives below."

AHULI: Cherokee: "Drum"

AHUSAKA: Winnebago: "word for wings"

AKANDO: "ambush"

AKECHETA: Sioux: " fighter."

AKULE: "looks up"

ALAHMOOT: Nez perce: "anelm branch"

ALEEKCHEAAHOOSH: Crow: "accomplished"

ALLAHKOLIKEN: Nez Perce: "antlers"

ALO: Hopi: " spiritual guide; he looks up"

ALOSAKA: Hopi myth name

ANAKAUSUEN: Algonquin: " worker."

ANGVARIATIONU TOKE: Sioux: "another day"

ANNAWAN: Algonquin: "Chief"

ANOKI: "actor"

APASH WYAKAIKT: Nez Perce: "flint necklace"

APPANOOSE: Sauk: "child"

APENIMON: "worthy of trust"

APIATAN: Kiowa: "wooden lance"

APISI: Blackfoot: "coyote"

APONIVI: Hopi: " where the wind blows down the gap."

ARANCK: Algonquin: " stars."

ARAPOOSH: Crow: "stomach ache, sour stomach"

AR-KE-KEE-TAH: Oto: "stay"

ARRE-CATTE WAHO: Omaha: "large elk"

ASHISHISHE: Crow: "crow"

ASHKII: Navajo: " boy."

ASHKII DIGHIN: Navajo: "sacred child"

ASKOOK: Algonquin: " snake."

ASKUWHETEAU: Algonquin: " he keeps watch."

ATAGULKALU: Cherokee: "pitched trees"

ATA'HALNE': Navajo: " he interrupts."

ATEPA: Choctaw: "Wigwam"

ATOHI: Cherokee: "woods"

ATSADI: Cherokee: "fish"

ATSIDI: Navajo: "hammer; blacksmith"

ATTAKULLAKULLA: Cherokee: "pitched trees"

AVONACO: Cheyenne: " lean bear."

AWAN: "somebody"

AYAWAMAT: Hopi: " one who follows orders."

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BAGWUNAGIJIK: Chippewa: "hole in the sky"

BEMIDII: Ojibwa: "river by a lake"

BEMOSSED: "walker"

BESHILTHEENI: Navajo: "metalworker"

BESHKNO: Potawatomi: "bald eagle"

BIDZIIL: Navajo: " he is strong."

BILAGAANA: Navajo: " white person."

BIMISI: "slippery"

BISAHALANI: Navajo: "speaker"

BODAWAY: "fire-maker"

BORNBAZINE: Abnaki: "keeper of the flame"

BUEGONEGUIG: Chippewa: "hole in the sky"

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CAMEAHWAIT: Shoshone: "He who never walks"

CANOWICAKTE: Sioux: "forest hunter"

CASHESEGRA: Osage: "tracks of a large animal"

CETANWAKUWA: Sioux: "attacking hawk"

CHA'AKMONGWI: Hopi: " crier chief."

CHA'TIMA: Hopi: " the caller."

CHANKOOWASHTAY: Sioux: " good road."

CHANSOMPS: Algonquin: " locust."

CHAPOWITS: Nez Perce: "Many Coyotes"

CHAS-CHUNK-A: Winnebago: " wave."

CHASKA: Sioux: "first son born, eldest son"

CHATAN: Sioux: "hawk"

CHAVATANGAKWUNUA: Hopi: " short rainbow."

CHAYTON: Sioux: " falcon."

CHEASEQUAH: Cherokee: "red bird"

CHEAUKA : Hopi: "clay"

CHEBONA BULA: Creek: "laughing boy"

CHESMU: "gritty; witty"

CHEVEYO: Hopi: " spirit warrior."

CHITTO: Creek: "brave"

CHOCHMO: Hopi: " mud mound."

CHOCHOKPI: Hopi: " throne for the clouds."

CHOCHUSCHUVIO: Hopi: " white-tailed deer."

CHOGAN: Algonquin: " blackbird."

CHOOVIO: Hopi: " antelope."

CHOVIOHOYA: Hopi: " young deer."

CHOWILAWU: Hopi: " joined together by water."

CHU'A: Hopi: " snake."

CHUCHIP: Hopi: " deer spirit."

CHUNTA: Hopi: " cheating."

CHUSLUM: Nez Perce: "Bull"

CHUSLUM MOXMOX: Nez Perce: "yellow bull"

CIQALA: Dakota: " little one."

COOWESCOOWE: Cherokee: "egret"

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DADGAYADOH: Seneca: "gambling men"

DAKOTA: Sioux: "allies or friends"

DEGANAWIDAH: Iroquois: "two rivers running"

DEGOTOGA: Cherokee: "standing together"

DELSIN: "he is so"

DEMOTHI: "talks while walking"

DICHALI: "speaks a lot"

DIWALI: Cherokee: "bowls"

DOHATE: Kiowa: "bluff"

DOHOSAN: Kiowa: "little bluff; bluff"

DONEHOGAWA: Seneca: "He who guards the gate of sunset"

DUSTU: Cherokee name. "spring frog"

DYAMI: "eagle"

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EALAHWEEMAH: Nez Perce: "sleep"

EALAOT WADASS: Nez Perce: "earth"

EALAOTHEK KAUNIS: Nez Perce: "birds landing"

EAPALEKTHILOOM: Nez Perce: "mound of clouds"

EDENSAW: Tlingit: "glacie"

EHANE: Cheyenne: "Our Father"ELAN: friendly

ELASKOLATAT: Nez Perce: "animal running"

ELKI: Miwok name. "hanging over the top"

ELSU: Miwok: "flying falcon"

ELUWILUSSIT: Algonquin: " holy one."

ENAPAY: Sioux: " brave; appears bravely"

ENKOODABOOAOO, ENKOODABAOO: Algonquin: " one who lives alone"

ENYETO: "walks as a boar"

ESKAMINZIM: Apache: "big mouth"

ESPOWYES: Nez Perce: "light on the mountain"

ETCHEMIN: Algonquin: " canoe man."

ETLELOOAAT: Algonquin: " shouts."

ETU: "sun"

EYANOSA: Sioux: "big both ways, tall or big"

EZHNO: "solitary"

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FALA: Choctaw: "Crow"

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GAAGII: Navajo: " raven."

GAD: Navajo: " juniper tree."

GAWONII: Cherokee: "He is speaking"

GOMDA: Kiowa: "Wind"

GOSHEVEN: "leaper; great leaper"

GUITONKAGYA: Kiowa: "Ringboned Wolf"

GUYAPI: "frank; candid"

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HAHKETHOMEMAH, HARKAHOME: Cheyenne: " little robe."

HAHNEE: "beggar"

HAKAN: "fire"

HALIAN: Zuni: "youthful; young"

HANIA: Hopi: " spirit warrior."

HANSKA: Sioux: "tall"

HASSUN: Algonquin: " stone."

HARKAHOME: Cheyenne: "little robe"

HASTIIN: Navajo: " man."

HAWIOVI: Hopi: " going down the ladder."

HEAMMAWIHIO: Cheyenne: " wise one above."

HEINMOT: Nez Perce: "Thunder"

HE-LUSH-KA: Winnebago: " fighter."

HELAKU: "full of sun; sunny day"

HELKI: Miwok: " touch; to touch"

HEMENE: Nez Perce: "Wolf"

HENTO: Dakota: "blue"

HESKOVIZENAKO: Cheyenne: " porcupine bear."

HESUTU: Miwok: " yellow jacket nest rising out of the ground; yellow jacket's nest rising from the ground"

HEVATANEO: Cheyenne: " hairy rope."

HEVOVITASTAMIUTSTO: Cheyenne: " whirlwind."

HIAMOVI: Cheyenne: " high chief."

HINUN: myth name

HINTO: Dakota: " blue."

HOHNIHOHKAIYOHOS, NEEHEEOEEWOOTIS: Cheyenne: " high-backed wolf."

HOK'EE: Navajo: " abandoned."

HOLATA: Seminole: "alligator"

HONANI: Hopi: " badger."

HONAW: Hopi: " bear."

HONIAHAKA: Cheyenne: "little wolf."

HONON: Miwok: " bear."

HONOVI: Hopi: "strong; strong deer"

HOTAH: Sioux: " white."

HOTOTO: Hopi: " warrior spirit who sings; he who whistles"

HOTUAEKHAASHTAIT: Cheyenne: " tall bull."

HOWAHKAN: Sioux: " of the mysterious voice; the mysterious voice."

HOWI: Miwok: " turtle-dove."

HURITT: Algonquin: " handsome."

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IINIWA: Blackfoot: "bison or buffalo"

IGASHO: "wanders"

ILLANIPI: "amazing"

ISTAQA: Hopi: " coyote man."

INTEUS: "has no shame"

ISTAQA: Hopi: "coyote man"

ISTU: "sugar"

ITUHA: "sturdy oak"

IYE: "smoke"

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JACY: "moon"

JOLON: "valley of the dead oaks"
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KACHADA: Hopi: " white man."

KAGA: chronicler

KAJIKA: walks without sound

KANGEE: Sioux: " raven; crow"

KANUNA: Cherokee: "bullfrog"

KEEZHEEKONI: Chippewa: "Burning fire"

KELE: Hopi: " sparrow."

KEME: Algonquin: " secret; thunder"

KESEGOWAASE: Algonquin: " swift."

KESTEJOO: Algonquin: " slave."

KILCHII: Navajo: "red boy"

KITCHI: Algonquin: " brave."

KIYIYA: Yakima: "howling wolf"

KLAH: Navajo: "left handed"

KNOTON: "wind"

KOHANA: Sioux: " swift."

KOHKAHYCUMEST: Cheyenne: " white crow or white antelope."

KOI: Choctaw: "panther"

KOKO: Black Foot: "Night"

KOKOTNI: Potawatomi: "Alligator"

KOLICHIYAW: Hopi: " skunk."

KONO: Miwok name. meaning unknown

KOSHISIGRE: Osage: "tracks of a large animal"

KOSUMI: Miwok: " fishes for salmon with spear; spear fisher"

KOTORI: Hopi: " screech owl spirit."

KUCKUNNIWI: Cheyenne: " little wolf."

KURUK: Pawnee: " bear."

KUSINUT: Yakima: "horseless"

KWAHU: Hopi: " eagle."

KWATOKO: Hopi: " bird with big beak."

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LALLO: Kiowa: "little boy"

LANGUNDO: peaceful

LANSA: Hopi: " lance."

LANU: Miwok name. Meaning unknown

LAPU: Hopi: " cedar bark."

LEN; LENA: Hopi: " flute."

LENNO: man

LESHARO: Pawnee: "Chief"

LEYATI: Miwok: " shaped like an abalone shell."

LISE: Miwok: " salmon head rising above water."

LIWANU: Miwok: " growl of a bear; growling bear"

LOKNI: Miwok: " rain falls through the roof."

LONAN: Zuni: "cloud"

LONATO: flint

LOOTAH: Sioux: " red."

LUSIO: Zuni: "light"

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MACHAKW: Hopi: " horny toad."

MACHK: Algonquin: " bear."

MAHKAH: Sioux: " earth."

MAHPEE: Sioux: " sky."

MAKKAPITEW: Algonquin: " he has large teeth."

MAKYA: Hopi: " eagle hunter."

MAMMEDATY: Kiowa: "walking above"

MANIPI: "amazing"

MANTOTOHPA: Cheyenne: " four bears."

MASICHUVIO: Hopi: " gray deer."

MASKA: "strong"

MASOU: myth name

MATCHITEHEW: Algonquin: " he has an evil heart."

MATCHITISIW: Algonquin: " he has bad character."

MATO: Sioux: "bear"

MATOSKAH: Sioux: " white bear."

MATUNAAGA: Algonquin: " fights."

MATWAU: Algonquin: " enemy."

MAZA BLASKA: Dakota: " flat iron."

MEGEDAGIK: Algonquin: " kills many."

MELKEDOODUM: Algonquin: " conceited."

MENEWA: Creek: "Great Warrior"

METURATO, MOKATAVATAH, MOKETAVATO, MOKETAVETO, MOKETOVETO, MOKOVAOTO, MOTAVATO: Cheyenne: " black kettle."

MICANOPY: Seminole: "Head Chief"

MICCO: Seminole: "chief"

MIGISI: Chippewa: "Eagle"

MIKA: Sioux: "racoon"

MIKASI: Omaha: "coyote"

MIKASI: Hokan: "White Moon"

MILAP: "charitable"

MINCO: Choctaw: "chief"

MINGAN:   Algonquin: "gray wolf"

MINNINNEWAH: Cheyenne: " whirlwind."

MISU: Miwok: " rippling brook; rippling water"

MOCHNI: Hopi: " talking bird."

MOHE: Cheyenne: "elk"

MOJAG: "never silent"

MOKI: Hopi: " deer."

MOLIMO: Miwok: " bear walking into shade."

MOMUSO: Miwok name. Meaning unknown

MONA: Miwok: " gathers jimson weed seed."

MONGWAU: Hopi: " owl."

MOTEGA: "new arrow"

MOTSQUEH: Nez Perce: "Chipmunk"

MUATA: Miwok: " yellow jackets inside a nest."

MUKKI: Algonquin: " child."

MURACO: "white moon"

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NAALNISH: Navajo: " he works."

NAALYEHE YA SIDAHI: Navajo: " trader."

NADIE: Algonquin: "Wise"

NAHCOMENCE: Cheyenne: " old bark."

NAHELE: "forest"

NAHIOSSI: Cheyenne: " has three fingers."

NAKAI: Navajo: "Mexican"

NAKOS: Arapaho: "Sagebrush"

NAMID or NAMIDA: Chippewa: "Star Dancer"

NANTAN: Apache: "Spokesman"

NAPAYSHNI: Sioux: " strong, courageous"

NASHASHUK: Sauk: "thundering"

NASHOBA: Choctaw: "wolf"

NASTAS: Navajo: " curve like foxtail grass."

NAWAT: "left-handed"

NAWKAW: Winnebago: " wood."

NAYATI: "he who wrestles"

NAYAVU: Hopi: "clay"

NEEHEEOEEWOOTIS: Cheyenne: "high backed wolf"

NEKA: "wild goose"

NIGAN: "ahead"

NIICHAAD: Navajo: " swollen."

NIKAN: Potawatomi: "my friend"

NIKITI: "round, smooth"

NITA: Choctaw: "Bear"

NITIS: "friend"

NIXKAMICH: Algonquin: " grandfather."

NIYOL: Navajo: " wind."

NODIN: "wind"

NOKOSI: Seminole: "bear"

NOOTAU: Algonquin: " fire."

NOSH, NOSHI: Algonquin: " father."

NOTAKU: Miwok: "growling bear"

NUKPANA: Hopi: " evil."

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OCUMWHOWURST, OCUNNOWHURST: Cheyenne: " yellow wolf."

ODAKOTA: Sioux: " friend; friendship"

OGAKI: Arapaho: "Crow"

OGALEESHA: Sioux: " wears a red shirt."

OGIMA: Potawatomi: "chief"

OHANKO: "reckless"

OHANZEE: Sioux: " shadow."

OHCUMGACHE, OKHMHAKA: Cheyenne: " little wolf."

OHITEKAH: Sioux: " brave."

OHIYESA: Sioux: "winner"

OKEMOS: Ojibway: "Little Chief"

OKHMHAKA: Cheyenne: "little wolf"

OKOMI: Arapaho: "Coyote"

OMAWNAKW: Hopi: " cloud feather."

ONACONA: Cherokee: "white owl"

OPECHANCANOUGH: Algonquin: "he whose soul is white"

OSCEOLA: Seminole: "black drink; black drink crier"

OTAKTAY: Sioux: " kills many."

OTETIANI: Iroquois: "he is prepared"

OTOAHHASTIS: Cheyenne: " tall bull."

OTOAHNACTO: Cheyenne: " bull bear."

OTSKAI: Nez Perce: "Going Out"

OURAY: Ute: "arrow"

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PA-AKANTI: Kiowa: "Rough Bull"

PACHU'A: Hopi: " feathered water snake."

PACO: "eagle"

PAHANA: Hopi: " lost white brother."

PAJACKOK: Algonquin: " thunder."

PALLATON: "warrior"

PANNOOWAU: Algonquin: " he lies."

PAT: "fish"

PATAMON: "tempest"

PATWIN: "man"

PAYAT, PAY, PAYATT: "he is coming"

PAYTAH: Sioux: " fire."

PEOPEO: Nez Perce: "bird

PETA: Black Foot: "Golden eagle"

PEZI: Sioux: "grass"

PIMNE: Hopi: "weasel"

PINON: myth name

PITALESHARO: Pawnee: "chief of men"

PIVANE: Hopi: " weasel."

POWWAW, POWWOW: Algonquin: " priest."

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QALETAQA: Hopi: " guardian of the people."

QOCHATA: Hopi: " white man."

QUANAH: Comanche: "fragrant"

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ROWTAG: Algonquin: " fire."

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SAHALE: "falcon"

SAHKONTEIC: Nez Perce: "white eagle"

SAKIMA: Ojibwa: "chief; king"

SAKURUTA: Pawnee: "Coming Sun"

SAMOSET: Algonquian: "he walks over much"

SANI: Navajo: " the old one."

SATANTA: Kiowa: "white bear"

SEGENAM: Algonquin: " lazy."

SEQUOYAH: Cherokee: "Sparrow"

SETANGYA: Kiowa: "sitting bear"

SETIMIKA: Kiowa: "charging bear"

SEWATI: Miwok: " curved bear claw."

SHAPPA: Sioux: "red thunder"

SHILAH: Navajo: " brother."

SHIRIKI: Pawnee: " coyote."

SHISHIESH: Crow: "crow"

SHIYE: Navajo: " son."

SHIZHE'E: Navajo: " father."

SHOEMOWETOCHAWCAWEWAHCATOWE: Cheyenne: " high-backed wolf."

SHUMAN: Hopi: "Rattlesnake handler"

SICHEII: Navajo: " grandfather."

SIK'IS: Navajo: " friend."

SIKE: Navajo: " he sits at home."

SIKYAHONAW: Hopi: " yellow bear."

SIKYATAVO: Hopi: " yellow rabbit."

SINOPA: Black Foot: "Fox"

SINTE MAZA: Sioux: "Iron Trail"

SIPATU: Miwok: "pulled out"

SIWILI: "tail of the fox; long tail of the fox"

SKAH: Sioux: " white."

SONGAN: "strong"

SOWI'NGWA: Hopi: " black-tailed deer."

SOYALA: Hopi: "Time of the winter"

SUCKI: Algonquin: " black."

SUGMUK: Potawatomi: "Earth"

SUGNOG: Potawatomi: "Blackbird"

SUNUKKUHKAU: Algonquin: " he crushes."

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T'IIS: Navajo: " cottonwood."

TADI: Omaha: "wind"

TADZI: "loon carrier"

TAHATAN: Sioux: "Hawk"

TAHETON: Sioux: "Crow"

TAHKEOME: Cheyenne: " little robe."

TAHMELAPACHME: Cheyenne: " dull knife."

TAHOMA: Navajo: "Waters Edge"

TAIMA: "thunder"

TAKODA: Sioux: " friend to everyone."

TANGAKWUNU: Hopi: " rainbow."

TAPCO: Kiowa: "antelope"

TAREGAN: Algonquin: " crane."

TASHUNKA: Sioux: "horse"

TASUNKE: Dakota: " horse."

TATANKA-PTECILA: Dakota: " short bull."

TATE: "he who talks too much"

TATONGA: Sioux: "large dear"

TAWA: Hopi: "sun"

TAYANITA: Cherokee: "Young beaver"

TEETONKA: Sioux: " talks too much; big lodge"

TELUTCI, TUKETU: Miwok: " bear making dust."

TIHKOOSUE: Algonquin: " short."

TOCHO: Hopi: " mountain lion."

TODI: Omaha: "Wind"

TOGQUOS: Algonquin: " twin."

TOHOPKA: Hopi: " wild beast."

TOKALA: Dakota: " fox."

TOKOTA: Sioux: "Friends to everyone"

TOOANTUH: Cherokee: " spring frog."

TOO-YA-LA-KEKT: Nez-Percé: "Thunder arriving on the plain"

TSE: Navajo: " rock."

TSELA: Navajo: "Stars Lying Down"

TSIISHCH'ILI: Navajo: " curly-haired."

TSIYI: Cherokee: "canoe"

TSOAI: Kiowa: "Rock Tree"

TUARI: Laguna: "young eagle"

TUARI: Hokan: "Young Eagle"

TUKETU: Miwok: "bear making dust"

TUM-SE-NE-HO: Spokane: "The Man Who Has No Blood"

TUMU: Miwok: "deer thinking of eating wild onions"

TUPI: Miwok: " to pull up."

TYEE: Bannock: "Chief"

TYEE: Chinook: "chief"

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UNADUTI: Cherokee: "wooly head"

USTI: Cherokee: "Little"

UZUMATI: Miwok: " bear; grizzly bear"

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VAIVEAHTOISH, VAIVE ATOISH: Cheyenne: " alights on the cloud."

VIHO: Cheyenne: " chief."

VIPPONAH: Cheyenne: " slim face."

VOHKINNE: Cheyenne: " Roman nose."

VOISTITOEVITZ, VOISTTITOEVETZ: Cheyenne: " white cow."

VOKIVOCUMMAST: Cheyenne: " white antelope."

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WABAN: Algonquian: "East wind"

WABOYAN: Potawatomi: "Blanket"

WAHANASSATTA: Cheyenne: " he who walks with his toes turned outward."

WAHCHINKSAPA: Sioux: " wise."

WAHCHINTONKA: Sioux: " has much practice."

WAH-COM-MO: Fox: "Fast walker"

WAHKAN: Sioux: " sacred."

WAHKOOWAH: Sioux: "charging bear"

WAKIZA: "desperate warrior"

WAMBLEE: Sioux: " eagle."

WAMBLEESKA: Sioux: " white eagle."

WAMBLI-WASTE: Dakota: " good eagle."

WANAGEESKA: Sioux: " white spirit."

WANAHTON: Sioux: " charger."

WANIKIYA, WANIKIY: Sioux: " savior."

WAPI: "lucky"

WAPTI: Potawatomi: "Antelope"

WAQUINI: Cheyenne: " hook nose."

WATTAN: Arapaho: "Black"

WAYA: Cherokee: "Wolf"

WEAYAYA: Sioux: " setting sun."

WEMATIN: Algonquin: " brother."

WEMILAT: "of wealthy parents"

WESA: Cherokee: "Cat"

WICASA: Dakota: " sage."

WIKVAYA: Hopi: " one who brings."

WILU: Miwok: "chicken hawk squawking"

WHAKAN: Sioux: "Sacred"

WIS KI GETE: Potawatomi: "Rising Smoke"

WOHALI: Cherokee: "Eagle"

WOHEHIV: Cheyenne: " dull knife."

WOKAIHWOKOMAS: Cheyenne: " white antelope."

WULITON: "to do well"

WUYI: Miwok: "soaring turkey vulture."

WYNONO: "firstborn"

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YAHOLO: Creek: "crier"

YAHTO: Sioux: " blue."

YAKEZ: Carrier: "Heaven"

YANCY: Englishman

YANISIN: Navajo: " ashamed."

YANSA: Cherokee: "Buffalo"

YAS: Navajo: "snow."

YISKA: Navajo: "the night has passed."

YUMA: "son of a chief; chief's son"

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NATIVE AMERICAN FEMALE NAMES and MEANINGS

HOW TO GIVE YOUR BABY A NATIVE AMERICAN NAME

Keep in mind that these names come from various parts of the country and can be derived from different cultures.

The spellings and meaning may vary slightly or greatly from region to region - check with your family or other resources if this is important in naming your child.

You may also want to explore the "naming" customs of the particular tribe's name that you are using.

It is also important that you create your own name (in other words, decide on a meaning and have it translated). Rather than finding a name and then looking up what it means.

It will have more meaning than a "stock" name, and, in many tribes, this was the only way naming was done.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST...
If you do choose a name from a baby book or such, do some research so you can-

1: Be sure the pronunciation is right, and
2: Be sure it means what the book says it means.

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