Save Gender Masculine Usage Cree (Anglicized) Scripts ᒥᐢᑕᐋᐧᓯᐢ(Cree) Meaning & History Means "big child" in Cree, derived from ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ (mistahi) "big, great" and ᐊᐋᐧᓯᐢ (awâsis) "child". This was the name of a prominent 19th-century Cree chief. Categories child, greatness, indigenous American chiefs, leaders, sizes, youth