South American Origin Names

Amaru m Quechua
Means "snake" in Quechua. It was borne by Tupaq Amaru and Tupaq Amaru II, two Inca leaders after the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire (in the 16th and 18th centuries).

Asiri f Quechua
Means "smile" in Quechua.

Atahualpa m Quechua (Anglicized)
From Quechua Atawallpa meaning "fortunate hen", from ataw meaning "fortunate, lucky" and wallpa meaning "hen". This was the name of the last sovereign Inca emperor. He was executed by the Spanish in 1533.

Bira m Tupi
Short form of Ubirajara.

Cauã m Tupi
From Tupi kaûã meaning "hawk, falcon".

Cauan m Tupi
Variant of Cauã.

Iara f Tupi
Means "lady of the water" in Tupi, from y "water" and îara "lady, mistress". In Brazilian folklore this is the name of a beautiful river nymph who would lure men into the water. She may have been based upon earlier Tupi legends.

Inti m Quechua, Inca Mythology
Means "sun" in Quechua. This was the name of the Inca god of the sun. He was a son of Viracocha.

Iracema f Tupi
Means "honey lips" in Tupi, from yra "honey" and tembe "lips". This is the name of an 1865 novel by José de Alencar, about the relationship between a Tupi woman and a Portuguese man during the early colonial period. Alencar may have constructed the name so that it would be an anagram of America.

Jaci 2 f & m Tupi
From Tupi îasy meaning "moon".

Jacira f Tupi
Means "honey moon" in Tupi, from îasy "moon" and yra "honey".

Kantuta f Aymara
Means "cantua flower" in Aymara (species Cantua buxifolia).

Kauã m Tupi
Variant of Cauã.

Kauan m Tupi
Variant of Cauã.

Killa f Quechua
Means "moon" in Quechua.

Maiara f Tupi
From Tupi maya arya meaning "great-grandmother".

Miski f Quechua
Means "honey" in Quechua.

Moacir m Tupi
From Tupi moasy meaning "pain, regret". This is the name of the son of Iracema and Martim in the novel Iracema (1865) by José de Alencar.

Naira f Aymara
From Aymara nayra meaning "eye" or "early".

Nina 2 f Quechua, Aymara
Means "fire" in Quechua and Aymara.

Pachacútec m Quechua (Hispanicized)
Spanish form of Pachakutiq.

Pachakutiq m Quechua
Means "changer of the world" in Quechua, derived from pacha "world, time" and kutiy "to return, to change" combined with the agentive suffix -q "doer". This name was borne by a 15th-century (precontact) ruler of the Inca Empire.

Pachamama f Inca Mythology
Means "earth mother" in Quechua, from pacha "world, time" and mama "mother". This was the name of an Inca goddess of the earth and fertility.

Quispe m & f Quechua (Hispanicized)
From Quechua qispi meaning "free" or q'ispi meaning "glass".

Saramama f Inca Mythology
Means "corn mother" in Quechua, from sara "corn, maize" and mama "mother". This was the name of the Inca goddess of grain.

Tamya f Quechua
Means "rain" in Quechua.

Túpac m Quechua (Hispanicized)
Spanish form of Tupaq.

Tupac m History
Usual English form of Tupaq. The American rapper Tupac Shakur (1971-1996) was named after the 18th-century rebel Tupaq Amaru II.

Tupaq m Quechua
Means "royal, noble" in Quechua. This was the name of a 15th-century (precontact) Inca emperor, Tupaq Inka Yupanki. After the Spanish conquest it was borne by a 16th-century ruler of the Neo-Inca State at Vilcabamba, and in the 18th century it was borne by a descendant who led a rebellion against Spanish rule. Both of them were named Tupaq Amaru, and both were executed by the Spanish.

Tuta f Quechua
Means "night" in Quechua.

Ubirajara m Tupi
Means "lord of the spear" in Tupi, from ybyra "wood, stick, spear" and îara "lord, master". This is the name of an 1874 novel by José de Alencar.

Uiara f Tupi
Variant of Iara.

Urpi f Quechua
Means "pigeon, dove" in Quechua.

Viracocha m Inca Mythology
Possibly from Quechua wira "fat, thick" and qucha "lake". This is the name of the creator god in Inca mythology.

Waman m Quechua
Means "eagle, falcon" in Quechua.

Wayna m Quechua
Means "young boy" in Quechua.

Wayra m Quechua
Means "wind, air" in Quechua.

Willka m Aymara
From Aymara wilka meaning "sun".

Yara 2 f Tupi
Variant of Iara.

Yaretzi f Spanish (Latin American, Modern)
Possibly a variant of Yaritza.

Yaritza f Spanish (Latin American)
Elaborated form of Yara 1 or Yara 2 (using the same suffix as Maritza).

Yuraq m & f Quechua
Means "white" in Quechua.

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