Algonquian Submitted Names

Algonquian names are used by the Algonquian peoples of Canada and the United States (not to be confused with Algonquin, a subgroup).

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Wabun-inini m Ojibwe
Meaning, "man of dawn."

Wah-wah-teh-go-nay-ga-bo m Ojibwe
Meaning, "standing in the northern lights."

Wah-wee-oo-kah-tah-mah-hote m Cree
Means "strike him on the back" in Cree.

Wampapaquan m Wampanoag

Wamsutta m Wampanoag

Wapan f & m Cree
Means 'Dawn' in Cree.

Wāpiy-mōstōsis m Cree
Means "white calf" in Cree.

Wapun f Siksika, Algonquin
Means "dawn" in Siksika.

Wa-tho-huk m Algonquian
Means "bright path" in the Meskwaki-Sauk language, possibly in part from the Meskwaki-Sauk word wâpâthowa ("light, be bright"). This was the Meskwaki-Sauk name of Jim Thorpe, an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist.

Watseka f Algonquin
Means "pretty girl" in Potawatomi, from the Potawatomi winsakeekyahgo "pretty girl".

Waubojeeg m Ojibwe
Means "white fisher" in Ojibwe.

Wa-wah-che-pa-e-hai m Shawnee

Wawetseka f Algonquin, Siksika
Means "pretty woman" in Siksika.

Way-me-tig-o-zhe-quay f Ojibwe
Found academic translation is "French woman". This Ojibwe woman was married (young) to a French fur trader...

Weenjipahkihelexkwe f Lenape
Means "Touching Leaves Woman" in the Unami (now extinct but being revitalized) language of the Lenape people. A notable bearer was Nora Thompson Dean (1907-1984), a traditionalist and one of the last fluent speakers of the southern Unami dialect of the Lenape language.

Weetamoo f Wampanoag
Allegedly means "sweet heart" in the Native American Wampanoag language.... [more]

Wenaboozhoo m Ojibwe
Variant of Winneboujou.

Wenabozho m Ojibwe
Variant of Winneboujou

Wenebojo m Ojibwe
Variant of Winneboujou.

Wenepoykin m Wampanoag
Name of sachem Wenepoykin, also known as Winnepurkett, Sagamore George, George Rumney Marsh, and George No Nose.

Wenunchus f Wampanoag
Pocasset Wampanoag Native American Chief.

Weyapiersenwah m Shawnee
Means "blue jacket" in Shawnee.

Wīhkasko-kisēyin m Cree
Means "sweetgrass" in Cree. This was the name of a 19th-century Crow man who became one of the leading Plains Cree chiefs in the Battleford region of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Wiishkobak m Ojibwe

Winabojo m Ojibwe
Variant of Winneboujou.

Winnaboujou m Ojibwe
Variant of Winneboujou.

Winneboujou m Ojibwe
Frenchified variant of Nanabozho.

Winnepurkett m Wampanoag

Wissaketchak m Cree, New World Mythology

Wonohaquaham m Wampanoag

Wootonekanuske f Wampanoag
Meaning unknown. This is the name of Pocasset Wampanoag Native American Chief Weetamoo's younger sister.

Wuttunee m Cree
Means "porcupine" in Cree.

Wyandanch m Algonquian
Name of a Montaukett sachem who helped to form an alliance between the English settlers and his tribe.

Xáa'ȯhvó'komaestse m Cheyenne
Means "white ermine" in Cheyenne.

Xomóó'e f Cheyenne
Means "spear woman" in Cheyenne.

Yaskuttsu-s f Cree

Yehuntsyawihstotaha f Algonquian

Zelozelos f & m Algonquian
From the Unami word chëluchëlus meaning "cricket", language spoken by Lenape people.

Zheewegonab m Ojibwe

Zhshibés m Algonquian
Means "little duck" in Potawatomi. This was the name of a chief of the St. Joseph and Elkhart Potawatomi.

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