Inuit Submitted Names

Inuit names are used by the Inuit people of the North American Arctic.

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

Aassanaaq m Inuit
Popular diminutive being Ossie.

Adlartok m & f Inuit
Inuit name meaning "clear sky"

Aguta m & f Inuit
Means "gatherer of the dead" in Inuit.

Akaka m Inuit

Aklaq ᐊᒃᖤᒃ m & f Inuit
Meaning, "black bear."

Alasie f Inuit
Inuktitut form of Alice.

Alornerk m & f Inuit, Greenlandic
Means "under-feet" in Inuktitut and Greenlandic.

Aluki f Inuit

Amaqjuaq m Inuit, Popular Culture
Means "the strong one" in Inuit. It is the name of a character in 'Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner'.

Anik m Inuit

Anniagruk f Inuit

Apaata m Inuit

Apaay f Inuit

Aput m & f Inuit, Greenlandic
Inuit meaning "Snow."

Aqillutaq ᐊᕿᓪᓗᑕᖅ m & f Inuit
Meaning, "new snow."

Arnauyq m Literature, Inuit
Meaning, "imitation of woman."

Atanarjuat m & f Inuit

Atiqtalaaq m & f Inuit
Means "polar bear cub" in Inuit.

Atka m & f Inuit
Means "guardian spirit" in Inuktitut

Atuat f Inuit

Atuqtuaq m Inuit

Auka f Inuit

Availuk f Inuit

Chikuk f Inupiat, Inuit, Yupik
Meaning unknown. This is the name of poet and writer Tikasuk Brown's mother.

Cupun m & f Inuit, Greenlandic
Means "coal".

Elisapee f Inuit (Modern)
Variant of Elisapie.

Elisapie f Inuit (Modern)
Inuktitut form of Elizabeth. ... [more]

Enooya f Inuit

Estuuya f Inuit

Hanta ᕼᐊᓐᑕ m Inuit
Inuktitut form of Hunter.

Higalik f Inuit (Anglicized)
Means "Ice House". Borne by a female shaman of the Copper Inuit people who "adopted" anthropologist Diamond Jenness for two years in 1914 while he studied their way of life.

Ila f Inuit
Yupik word for "companion" or "associate."

Ilannaq f Inuit

Imona f Inuit
Meaning unknown at this point in time. A known bearer of this name is the Inuit artist Imona Natsiapik (b. 1966).

Iñuk m & f Yupik, Greenlandic, Inuit
Variant of Inuk.

Iñuksuk m Yupik, Greenlandic, Inuit
Means "that which acts in the capacity of a human" in Inuktitut. An inuksuk is a human-made stone landmark, used as a point of navigation and reference in the Arctic circle, where few natural landmarks exist.

Irdlirvirisissong m & f Inuit Mythology, Inuit
Means "demon cousin of the moon"

Jissika ᔨᔅᓯᑲ f Inuit
Inuktitut form of Jessica.

Juatan ᔪᐊᑕᓐ m Inuit
Inuktitut form of Jordan.

Kallik f & m Inuit, Literature
Used by Erin Hunter in the Seekers series of novels. It means, "Lightning".

Kanguq m & f Inuit

Kanut f & m Inuit
Means "white goose" in Inuktitut

Kastur ᑲᔅᑐᕐ m Inuit
Inuktitut form of Castor (the mythological person).

Kayuqtuq m & f Inuit

Kayuula ᑲᓕᐆᓚ f Inuit

Kissimi m & f Inuit
Used by Erin Hunter in the Seekers series of novels. It means "alone".

Kiugak ᑭᐅᒐᒃ m Inuit
Name of Canadian Inuk artist Kiugak Ashoona

Koko m & f Inuit (?)

Kumaglak m Inuit, Popular Culture
The name of the tribal chief in the 2001 Canadian film 'Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner', the first feature film ever to be written, directed and acted entirely in Inuktitut. Set in the ancient past, the film retells an Inuit legend passed down through centuries of oral tradition.

Liuna ᓕᐅᓇ f Inuit
Inuktitut form of Leona.

Luava f Inuit

Lusa f Inuit, Literature
Used by Erin Hunter in the Seekers series of novels. It means, "Midnight".

Maatalii f Inuit

Makoktok m & f Inuit

Miki m & f Inuit
Means "small" in Inuit.

Mitiarjuk f Inuit
Of uncertain etymology, name borne by a prominent Inuk author, educator and sculptor.

Muktuk m Inuit
An Inuit name. This is the name of a main character of the movie "The Journey Home".

Naaqtuuq f Inuit

Nanouk m & f Inuit
Variant of Nanuq.

Natsiq m & f Inuit

Nimiyikowin m & f Inuit

Nuniq f & m Inuit
Origination of Nanook.

Nuvua f Inuit
An Inuit name. This is the name of an Inuit woman in the movie: "The Journey Home".

Okauyak m & f Inuit

Oki m Inuit (?)

Opik f Inuit

Osuitok m & f Inuit
Known bearer is Inuit sculptor Osuitok Ipeelee.

Pakak f Inuit

Pamiuq m & f Inuit

Panikpak f Inuit

Pauloosie m Inuit

Petuwaq m Inuit

Piquuraq f Inuit

Qaiyaan f Inuit

Qannik m & f Inuit

Qaumaniq m & f Inuit

Qimmiq m & f Inuit
Means "dog" in Inuit.

Sesi m & f Inuit
Means "snow"

Siku m & f Inuit
Inuit name meaning "ice"

Siluk m Inuit

Siqinnaatchiaq f & m Inuit
In Iñupiaq (also known as Inupiat), this name means "the return of the sun after the long darkness." In the TV series True Detective: Night Country, this is the cultural name bestowed on co-protagonist Evangeline Navarro by her deceased mother in a vision.

Sivoy m Inuit

Sivuugun m Inuit

Suusan ᓲᓴᓐ f Inuit
Inuktitut form of Susanna.

Taktuq ᑕᒃᑐᖅ m & f Inuit
Meaning, "mist, fog."

Taliriktug m & f Inuit
Meaning, "strong arm."

Tarĸik m Inuit
Means "moon" in Inuit.

Tatannuaq m Inuit
Means "it is full" or "the belly" in Inuktikut. Name borne by an Inuit interpreter that worked with John Franklin on two of his Arctic expeditions.

Tatkavina f Inuit

Ticasuk f Inupiat, Inuit
Meaning, "where the four winds gather their treasures from all parts of the world...the greatest which is knowledge."

Tiguaĸ m Inuit
Inuktitut (Canada) name meaning "adopted child".

Tikaani f & m Inuit (?)

Tiqriganiannig m Inuit

Toklo m Inuit, Literature
Used by Erin Hunter in the Seekers series of novels. It means, "Spontaneous and Versatile".

Tsarlis ᑦᓴᕐᓕᔅ m Inuit
Inuktitut transliteration of Charles.

Tukkuttok m & f Inuit
Means "generous" in Inuit.

Tuktu m & f Inuit
Means "caribou" in Inuktitut.

Tulimak m & f Inuit
Variant of Tulimaq.

Tulimaq m Popular Culture, Inuit
Means "rib". Used for a character in the Canadian Inuktitut-language film 'Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner' (2001).

Ujurak m Inuit
Variant of Ujarak.