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Help[Opinions] Native American names
What are your favourite Native American names, and what languages do they come from? Mine:
Baishan (Apache, means "knife")
Liwen (Mapuche, means "morning")
Malik (Greenlandic, means "ocean")
Nawel (Mapuche, means "jaguar")
Sequoyah (Cherokee, means "hog")
Asiri (Quechua, means "smile")
Eluney (Mapuche, means "give")
Iracema (Tupi, means "honey lips")
Jacira (Tupi, means "honey moon")
Maiara (Tupi, means "great-grandfather")
Nayeli (Zapotec, means "I love you" or "open")
Rayen (Mapuche, means "flower")
Shandiin (Navajo, means "sunshine")
Tonalli (Nahuatl, means "warmth of the sun")
masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080
Baishan (Apache, means "knife")
Liwen (Mapuche, means "morning")
Malik (Greenlandic, means "ocean")
Nawel (Mapuche, means "jaguar")
Sequoyah (Cherokee, means "hog")
Asiri (Quechua, means "smile")
Eluney (Mapuche, means "give")
Iracema (Tupi, means "honey lips")
Jacira (Tupi, means "honey moon")
Maiara (Tupi, means "great-grandfather")
Nayeli (Zapotec, means "I love you" or "open")
Rayen (Mapuche, means "flower")
Shandiin (Navajo, means "sunshine")
Tonalli (Nahuatl, means "warmth of the sun")
masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080
This message was edited 2/4/2024, 2:38 PM
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Nayeli, which I probably would have used as a middle name if my oldest had been a girl. I saw it in real life last week and was delighted
Alika
Amma
Aquinnah
Beatrine
Chicago
Cívánka
Dilyéhé
Elisapie
Genessee
Ilanna
Iracema
Ixchel
Jandira
Jeruti
Juruna
Jussara
Kaliska
Konkordia
Konkordie
Lenmana
Lilakai
Lomasi
Millaray
Naja
Nanyehi
Nauja
Navarana
Nicté
Niviana
Ojinjintka
Qura
Severine
Talasi
Terés
Tikal
Tokala
Tsianina
Xitlalli
Yma
Yrasêma
Ysyry
Yura
Zitkala
Note: turns out modern Greenlandic names appear under the Indigenous American usage via Greenlandic
Amma
Aquinnah
Beatrine
Chicago
Cívánka
Dilyéhé
Elisapie
Genessee
Ilanna
Iracema
Ixchel
Jandira
Jeruti
Juruna
Jussara
Kaliska
Konkordia
Konkordie
Lenmana
Lilakai
Lomasi
Millaray
Naja
Nanyehi
Nauja
Navarana
Nicté
Niviana
Ojinjintka
Qura
Severine
Talasi
Terés
Tikal
Tokala
Tsianina
Xitlalli
Yma
Yrasêma
Ysyry
Yura
Zitkala
Note: turns out modern Greenlandic names appear under the Indigenous American usage via Greenlandic
I rather like Nizhóní, which is one of the few real Native American names which has regularly shown up on official birth certificates, at least in New Mexico.
Awilix (Mayan mythology)
Chaska (Sioux)
Kimimela (Sioux)
Lilakai (Navajo)
Liuna (Inuit)
Malila (Miwok)
Masaya (Aymara)
Meli (Cherokee)
Millaray (Mapuche)
Nayeli (Zapotec)
Skenandoa (Oneida)
Taqqiq (Inuit)
Quetzalli (Nahautl)
Uiara (Tupi)
Winona (Sioux)
Xitlalli/Citlalli (Nahautl)
Side note: The definition of Nayeli is debated, but most agree its main definition is "open."
Chaska (Sioux)
Kimimela (Sioux)
Lilakai (Navajo)
Liuna (Inuit)
Malila (Miwok)
Masaya (Aymara)
Meli (Cherokee)
Millaray (Mapuche)
Nayeli (Zapotec)
Skenandoa (Oneida)
Taqqiq (Inuit)
Quetzalli (Nahautl)
Uiara (Tupi)
Winona (Sioux)
Xitlalli/Citlalli (Nahautl)
Side note: The definition of Nayeli is debated, but most agree its main definition is "open."
I'm somewhat unsure because I am not sure on the proper pronunciation of many of them, so it's possible that I don't like them as much as I think I do.
I also like Malik, Maiara, Nayeli and Rayen.
Ashkii (Navajo, means "boy")
Shenandoah (Anglicized version of an Oneida name, possibly meaning "deer")
Itzel (Mayan, unsure meaning but possibly resin, nectar, dew, liquid, enchanted)
Quetzalli (Nahuatl, means "feather" or "precious thing")
Winona (Sioux, means "firstborn daughter")
Zyanya (Zapotec, means "forever, always")
I also like Malik, Maiara, Nayeli and Rayen.
Ashkii (Navajo, means "boy")
Shenandoah (Anglicized version of an Oneida name, possibly meaning "deer")
Itzel (Mayan, unsure meaning but possibly resin, nectar, dew, liquid, enchanted)
Quetzalli (Nahuatl, means "feather" or "precious thing")
Winona (Sioux, means "firstborn daughter")
Zyanya (Zapotec, means "forever, always")