Balthasar's Personal Name List

Means "wolf" in Cherokee.

Guaraní name meaning "the precursor of the waters (of the world)". This was the name of a 16th-century Guaraní chief.

Means "firstborn daughter" in Dakota or Lakota. According to folklore, this was the name of a daughter of a Dakota chief (possibly Wapasha III) who leapt from a cliff to her death rather than marry a man she hated. Numerous places in the United States have been named after her. The actress Winona Ryder (1971-) was named after the city in Minnesota where she was born.

From the Maori name of Christmas orchids (Dendrobium cunninghamii), a type of orchid that is endemic to the New Zealand. This name could also be written as Te Winika, which means "the Christmas orchid".

Means "pretty girl" in Potawatomi, from the Potawatomi winsakeekyahgo "pretty girl".

Means "dawn" in Siksika.

From Cherokee ᏩᎴᎳ (walela) meaning "hummingbird".

Means "violet" in Mazanderani.

Means "of the morning" in Evenki.

Means "flower" in Purépecha. A known bearer is Tsi-Tsi-Ki Félix (1979-), a former television news anchor in the Chicago area who was born in Michoacán, Mexico.

From Guanche *ti-n-ggafayah, meaning "climber".

Of Guanche origin, possibly from *tenəsuy(ăh) meaning "she who dives" or "this one is submerged". This was borne by a niece of Tenesor, the last guanarteme or king of Gáldar on the island of Gran Canaria.

Means "young beaver" in Cherokee, derived from ᏙᏯ (doya) meaning "beaver".

From the Chickasaw tribe meaning "Beautiful Running Water." Also translated as "Little Princess."

Name of a Guanche ruler from the island of La Palma, known for his fierce resistance against the Castillians during the conquest of the Canary Islands in the 15th century. This name had a revival in the 1980's.

Cherokee meaning "lonely wind".

Means "cold" in Algonquin.

From Salishan təqʷúbə, meaning "snow-covered mountain". Mount Rainier, also known as Tahoma or Tacoma, is a large active stratovolcano.

Etymology uncertain. This is the name of the first woman in Guarani mythology.

Means "skunk skin" in Cree.

Means "feather" in Choctaw.

Means "wicked chief" in Pawnee.

Short form of Alekisanitulia.

Seattle is an anglicization of the modern Duwamish conventional spelling Si'ahl, equivalent to the modern Lushootseed (Chief Seattle's native language) publishing spelling Si'aɫ.

A noted bearer is Chief Seattle (c.1780 - 1866) of the Duwamish. A widely publicized speech arguing in favor of ecological responsibility and respect of native Americans' land rights has been attributed to him, and the largest city in Washington state, Seattle, was named after him.

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

Means "He who walks over much" in Algonquin. This was the name of an Abenaki chief. He was the first Native American to make contact with the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts and introduced them to Tisquantum (Squanto).

Means "He/She comes into view" in Cree.

Roughly translates to: “as the sun breaks through the clouds" or "over the horizon.” This name became notable in 2015 when a mother in the Northwest Territories of Canada was forced to change the glottal stop in her daughter's name to a hyphen because the government could only use the Roman alphabet. This name is a cognate to the Slavey (Dehcho/Dene Tha') name Sakaeʔah.

Means "jungle flower" in Quechua, from sacha, "jungle" and sisa, "flower".

Older form of Lokelani.

Meaning of this name is possibly not known. This was the name of Rohana Tapu (d. 1902) Moriori slave and wife of Owenga Moriori leader Hirawanu Tapu.

From Guanche *ramag, meaning "thunder".

Means "one who knows the secrets of the Sioux" in Cree.

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.

Means "arrow" in Ute.

This was the name of Red Jacket (known as Otetiani in his youth and Sagoyewatha (Keeper Awake) Sa-go-ye-wa-tha because of his oratorical skills) (c. 1750 - 1830), a Native American Seneca orator and chief of the Wolf clan. He negotiated on behalf of his nation with the new United States after the American Revolutionary War, when the Seneca as British allies were forced to cede much land, and signed the Treaty of Canandaigua (1794). He helped secure some Seneca territory in New York state, although most of the people had migrated to Canada for resettlement after the defeat of the British. His talk on "Religion for the White Man and the Red" (1805) has been preserved as an example of his great oratorical style.

Anglicized form of Creek Asi Yahola meaning "black drink singer" from asi, the name of a ritual beverage, and yahola "shouter". It was borne by a 19th-century Seminole leader.

From Guanche *oršena, meaning "young woman". This was the name of Tenesoya's maid.

According to legend, Onnolee was the last survivor of the Munsee nation, which dwelt on the west shore of Canadice lake and near Bald Hill (in the Finger Lakes region, New York) during the latter part of the fourteenth century, and met their death by the hands of the Mengnees; all except Onnolee, who was taken, bound to the belt of the famous leader, Mickinac, and compelled to follow him. At their first rest for dinner, Onnolee grasped the knife from her captor's belt, and buried it deep in his side. She knew her life was forfeited and fled while arrows whizzed by her in all directions. At Hemlock Lake, she jumped to her own death. It is said that, for more than three hundred years afterwards, the ghost of the once beautiful Onnolee could be seen to rise from its watery grave and either vanish in upper air or return again to the bosom of the deep.
This legend was also the subject of one of the poems of 19th-century poet W.H.C. Hosmer.
The origin and meaning of the name itself are unknown.

Means "morning star" in Algonquin.

Means "rainbow" in Samoan.

Means "fire" in Quechua and Aymara.

Sami form of Nils.

Possibly means "water lily" in an Australian Aboriginal language.

Meaning unknown. It was borne by a Guanche man from La Palma who was christened in Seville.

Means "spokesman" in Apache.

Variant of Nanuq. This was the (fictional) name of the subject of Robert Flaherty's documentary film Nanook of the North (1922).

This was the name of Oneta's mother in The Loon Feather, a 1940 novel by Iola Fuller. Oneta was the daughter of Tecumseh in the novel.

Means "sunflower" in Hawaiian.

A Mi'kmaq goddess of the Sun, currently a famous bearer is the Mi'kmaq actress, Nakuset "Nikki" Gould.

From Greenlandic najaa meaning "his younger sister" [1]. It was popularized in Denmark by the writer B. S. Ingemann, who used it in his novel Kunnuk and Naja, or the Greenlanders (1842).

Means "mischief maker" in Apache. This name was borne by a 19th-century Chiricahua Apache chief, the son of Cochise.

Best known as the Iñupiat name of Alaskan mixed race fashion model and activist Laura Mae Bergt.

Means "dream" in Tahitian.

Means "lies" in Tupí. This name appears in the poem Caramuru (1781) by the Brazilian poet Santa Rita Durão.

Means "ocean, wide expanse of water, deep sea" in Maori, Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages.

Means "honey" in Aymara.

Tongan borrowing of Michelle.

Means "feather" in Ojibwe.

From Siksika Mí'kiai'stoowa meaning "red crow", from mi'ki "red" and mai'stóó "crow". Red Crow (1830-1900) was a chief of the Kainai Blackfoot.

Matika Wilbur is a Native American photographer, of the Swinomish and Tulalip tribes.

Means "moon" in Maori. This is the name of a moon god (or goddess) in Maori mythology.

Means "sweet little one" in Greenlandic.

From the name of a stylized design common in Maori carvings. It represents a mythological creature with the head of a bird and the body of a human.

Hawaiian form of Maria. This name experienced a spike in popularity in 2009, due to the eldest daughter (born 1998) of the new American president Barack Obama.

Means "wolf" in Cree, from the Cree mahihkan "wolf; grey wolf; timber wolf".

Derived from Algonquin mahigan "wolf".

From the elements "mahi" (farm) and "'ai" (food).

From Guanche *madăyya, meaning "beautiful thing to see". Besides the Canary Islands, this name was also used in Northern Africa.

Possibly means "songbird" in Chickasaw, perhaps from the Chickasaw taloowa 'sing, chanter' and foshi 'bird'.

A noted bearer is Tessie "Lushanya" Mobley (1906 - 1990), who was part Chickasaw. She was a world renown opera singer, sometimes called 'Songbird of the Chickasaws'. She apparently chose the name Lushanya, believing it to mean 'songbird'.

From Hawaiian loke "rose" (which derives from English rose) and lani "heaven, sky". It was popular in Hawaii during the first half of the 20th century.

Means "the female person from the north" in Marshallese.

Means "pearl lei" or "pearl child" from Hawaiian lei "flowers, lei, child" and momi "pearl".

Means "heavenly flowers" or "royal child" from Hawaiian lei "flowers, lei, child" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".

Means "beloved child" from Hawaiian lei "wreath" (by extension "child", carried on the shoulders like a lei) and aloha "love". This name was popular in Hawaii from 1900-1939.

Means "he makes noise" in Shawnee. This was another name of the Shawnee leader Tenskwatawa (1775-1836).

Hawaiian form of Guadalupe.

Derived from Chukchi кора-т (kora-t) meaning "deer". This name was traditionally given to baby boys who were born into a group of deer herders.

Means "bright" in Hawaiian.

Means "warrior, koa tree" in Hawaiian.

Hawaiian form of John.

Means "the chief," "the ruler," "the monarch," "the king" or "the commander," from definite article ke and aliʻi which means "chief, officer, ruler, monarch, peer, headman, aristocrat, king, commander."

One bearer of this name is Kealiʻi Reichel, born Carleton Lewis Kealiʻinaniaimokuokalani Reichel (1962-), a popular singer/songwriter, choreographer, dancer, chanter, scholar and teacher.

Means "bear" in Koryak.

Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from a Munsee cognate of Unami kitahtëne meaning "big mountain". This was the name of a 17th-century Native American leader, the sachem (chief) of the Munsee-speaking Ramapo people in present-day western Connecticut. A hamlet in the town of Bedford, New York is named for him.

Notable bearer is singer-songwriter Karonhyawake Jeff Doreen.

Maori form of Caroline.

Means "sings" in Siksika and Algonquin.

Means "he who walks on four claws" in Cree, derived from ᓀᐅᐧ (newo) "four" and the root ᐊᐢᑲᓯᕀ (askasiy) "claw". This was the name of a 19th-century Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan, also known as George Gordon.

Means "the beauty" from Hawaiian ka "the" and nani "beauty, glory".

Means "the wind," from definite article ka and makani meaning "wind, breeze."

Means "underground spirit" in Koryak.

Means "the heavens" from Hawaiian ka "the" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".

It means “Sea Star”

Means "highest trader" in Tłįchǫ.

Fijian form of John, as well as a Norwegian variant form.

Possibly from the Pallanganmiddang word djimba meaning "star". Some sources claim it means "laughing star" in Wiradjuri.

this name is Creek and it mean love and peace

From Guanche *jəneqa, meaning "hopeless". This was recorded as the name of a 9-year-old Guanche girl from La Palma who was sold at the slave market in Valencia in 1494.

From the Shipibo isko meaning "paucar bird, yellow-rumped cacique" and the genitive suffix -n.

Means "deer" in Choctaw.

Means "glory of the morning" or "the coming dawn" in the Ho-Chunk language. From the Ho-Chunk hąp meaning 'day', ho- 'the time at which', gu 'to come arriving', the feminine affix -wį, and the definite article -ga (used for personal names).

Maori mythological character whose name means "Woman floating in shadows".

Means "girl" in Maori.

Means "mother-spirit of the warrior" in Hopi.

Means "Blackbird" in Cheyenne.

Means "crescent bay" from Hawaiian hana "bay" and lei. It is sometimes used as the Hawaiian form of Henry.

Means "woman of the north" in Ojibwe, derived from giiwedin "north" and ikwe "woman".

From Seneca fen-nis'-hee-yo "the beautiful valley". It is also the name of many locations in the United States.

Derived from Guanche *fāh-inaɣ meaning "our light". According to Juan de Abréu Galindo's Historia de la conquista de las siete islas Canarias (published 1632), this was the name of the wife of Zonzamas, a Guanche king on the island of Lanzarote. She was the mother of Princess Ico by a Biscayan privateer named Martín Ruíz de Avendaño, who took shelter on Lanzarote in 1377 and slept with the queen during his stay (supposedly a customary act of hospitality in local Guanche culture).

Older Hawaiian form of Ezra. It appears in the Bible in Hawaiian.

Tłįchǫ donek'awi (trading chief) at Old Fort Rae, K'awo (leader) of the Et'aa got'in (“People Next to Another People”).

Means "Rūrutu" (an island in the Austral archipelago) in Tahitian, derived from Eteroa, the former name of the island.

Derived from P'urhépecha iréndira meaning "the one who smiles" or "smiling, cheerful".

Notable bearers of this name include the 16th-century princess Eréndira of the P'urhépecha people and the Mexican actress Eréndira Ibarra (b. 1985).

Variant of Didyme, the French form of Didymus. A known bearer of this name was Ambroise-Dydime Lépine (1840-1923), a Canadian Métis rebel leader.

Of Australian Aboriginal origin (Yolngu, to be precise) , the meaning of this name is not yet known to me at the moment. A known bearer of this name is Djalu Gurruwiwi, an Australian Aboriginal didgeridoo maker and player.

Deyani means "successful" and "determined" in Cherokee.

Name of a leader under Massasoit from the Pocasset tribe who may have attempted to influence the people in a revolt against the English settlers.

This was the name of two famous Australian Aborigines, recorded in the early history of Sydney. The meaning of the name is yet unknown. Also, this particular spelling may be an anglicized form of the original Aboriginal name, since it is close in appearance to English (sur)names like Coleby and Colby.

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.

Means "bluebird" in Hopi.

Means "bluebird" in Hopi.

Means "white singing bird" in Ute.

From the city of Chicago in the United States, originally from the Algonquian word šikaakwa meaning "wild leek, Allium tricoccum".

Means "walking", "wandering" in Koryak.

In Incan mythology, Ch'aska ("Venus") or Ch'aska Quyllur ("Venus star") was the goddess of dawn and twilight, the planet Venus, flowers, maidens, and sex. She protected virgin girls. This name is of a separate etmology, with the Quechua ch'aska referring to what they thought was the brightest star but was the planet Venus. The Quechue quyllur means 'star'.

From Lakota or Dakota čhaské meaning "firstborn son".

Means "black hoof" in Shawnee.

Means "Down", "Son of the Sun". It can also have a meaning of "the tomorrow that will always come" - for the ancient Quechua had a circular-time notion.

Sami form of Per.

Joseph Broussard 1702-1765; also known as beausoleil. Leader of Acadian people of Nova Scotia.

Means "jaguar" in Mayan (Yucatec Maya báalam; K'iche' Maya balam).

Meaning unknown. Jamamadí language is spoken in Acre and Amazonas State in Brazil.

Means "fawn" in Cherokee, derived from ᎠᏫ (awi) meaning "deer".

Meaning uncertain, possibly from a place name Awilizapan, or possibly from a Q'eqchi' Maya word meaning "swallow (bird)" [1]. This was the name of the K'iche' Maya goddess of the moon, night and death.

Mari form of Roman.

From Wampanoag Âhqunah meaning "the end of the island". This is also the name of a town on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. American actor Michael J. Fox gave this name to his daughter Aquinnah Kathleen born in 1995.

Derived from Chuukese a meaning "to be, to make" combined with pwete, from pwetete "soft".

Meaning unknown, name borne by Apayauq Reitan, the first trans woman to compete in the Iditarod (a long distance dog sledge race from Alaska to Nome).

From the Blackfoot word apaniiwa "butterfly", with the animate noun suffix -wa omitted.

Derived from Chukchi анка-к (anka-k) meaning "in the sea". This name was traditionally given to baby girls who were born during a trip to the ocean or sea.

Means "thunder, thunderer" in Ojibwe. In Anishinaabe mythology this is the name of the thunderbird, an immense flying creature that makes thunder with its flapping wings.

Variant of Nayeli.

Means "fish" in Cherokee.

Meaning unknown.

Variant of Ajut using -na, a Greenlandic suffix indicating a personal name. In Greenlandic mythology, Ajuna is a woman who escapes from her pursuer and becomes the sun.

Variant form of Aiyy Sien.

Name of a Guanche man baptised in Seville in the 15th century, of unknown meaning. This name had revivals the 1980's and the 2000's.

Means "beautiful land" in Hawaiian, from the elements aina, meaning "land" and nani, meaning "beauty".

Means "he throws away the drum" from Cherokee ᎠᎱᎵ (ahuli) "drum" and ᎤᏕᎦ (udega) "throw". This was the name of a 19th-century Cherokee chief, also known as John Jolly.

Means "restless ones."

Means "he laughs" in Algonquin.

Derived from Guanche *azgan-ey, meaning "one-armed". This name was applied to the Guanche leader Mayantigo after having lost his arm during a battle.

Means "to scatter fire" in Tongan.

Derived from Guanche *adăɣar "favourite".

From Charco Aday ("Aday Pond"), a place in the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. It may come from a Spanish surname or from a Guanche name. In any case, it was reclaimed as a Guanche name and has been used in modern times.

From Guanche *sseḍs, meaning "laughter".

Means "spirit" in Siksika.

From the name of a colony in New France in North America, derived from Arcadia and coinciding with Mi'kmaq suffix -akadie, meaning "place of abundance". This is also the name of a National Park in Maine.

A North Caucasian term used for a lonely warrior living a partisan lifestyle outside power and law and fighting for a just cause. Means "bandit" in Russian.

From Guanche *abbian, meaning "thief". This was the name of a pre-Hispanic warrior from Telde (Gran Canaria) who was known for stealing cattle.