17%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Cherokee Scripts ᏕᎦᏙᎦ, ᏕᎦᏔᎦ(Cherokee) Meaning & History Derived from Cherokee ᎦᏙᎦ (gadoga) meaning "standing". This was the name of a Cherokee chief, also called Stand Watie (1806-1871). Categories actions, indigenous American chiefs, leaders