This is a list of names in which the origin is
Mohawk.
Mohawk is a
language spoken by the Mohawk people of New York, Ontario and Quebec.
Kaniehtiio f MohawkMeans
"she is good snow" in Mohawk, from
ka- "she",
óniehte "snow" and the suffix
-iio "good".
Kawisenhawe f MohawkMeans
"she holds the ice" in Mohawk, from
ka- "she",
ówise "ice" and
-hawe "hold, have".
Odeserundiye m MohawkPossibly means
"lightning has struck" in Mohawk. This was the name of an 18th-century Mohawk chief, also called John Deseronto.
Tekakwitha f MohawkMeans
"she who bumps into things" or
"she who puts things in place" in Mohawk. Tekakwitha, also named
Kateri, was a 17th-century Mohawk woman who has become the first Native American Catholic saint.