Submitted Name Revision History

This is believed to have originated as a nursery form of the Greenlandic word #inequnartoq# "sweet, cute", shortened and simplified to #natuk# through the common custom of babbling or cooing with a baby. Otherwise it may be a short form of the old name #Arnatuk# meaning "soul/name wandering" from #arnattoq#, which is ultimately derived from #arnappoq# "seeks a mother", referring to the mythological concept of a soul being born into different shapes and animals before crawling into the womb of a woman to be born again and reclaim his name. (Source: Oqaasileriffik.gl)