Browse Names

This is a list of names in which the gender is masculine; and the usage is Apache.
gender
usage
Baishan m Apache
Means "knife" in Apache. This was the name of a 19th-century chief of the Tchihende Apache.
Cochise m Apache (Anglicized)
Meaning uncertain, possibly from Apache go-chizh "his firewood" or go-chįh "his nose". This was the name of a 19th-century chief of the Chiricahua Apache.
Dasoda-hae m Apache
Means "he just sits there" in Apache. This was the name of a 19th-century chief of the Tchihende Apache, also known by the Spanish nickname Mangas Coloradas meaning "red sleeves".
Gian-nah-tah m Apache
Means "always ready" in Apache. This was the name of a 19th-century chief of the Mescalero Apache.
Goyaałé m Apache
Means "one who yawns" in Chiricahua Apache. This was the real name of the Apache leader Geronimo (1829-1909), who fought against Mexican and American expansion into his territory.
Goyathlay m Apache
Variant spelling of Goyaałé.
Naiche m Apache
Means "mischief maker" in Apache. This name was borne by a 19th-century Chiricahua Apache chief, the son of Cochise.