Inupiat Submitted Names

Inupiat (or Inupiaq) names are used by the Inupiat people of northern Alaska.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Apayauq f & m Inupiat
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).
Chikuk f Inupiat, Inuit, Yupik
Meaning unknown. This is the name of poet and writer Tikasuk Brown's mother.
Iriqtaq f Greenlandic, Yupik, Inupiat
Means "concealed object".
Mumiak f Inupiat
Best known as the Iñupiat name of Alaskan mixed race fashion model and activist Laura Mae Bergt.
Navagiaq m Greenlandic, Inuit Mythology, Inupiat
West Greenlandic name meaning "the one who travelled from place to place", composed of nava- meaning "exchange, moving from place to place" and -giaq meaning "travel" or "is out". In Greenlandic mythology this is the name of a character who dies and travels from animal to animal as a spirit until he is finally reborn as a human.
Ticasuk f Inupiat, Inuit
Meaning, "where the four winds gather their treasures from all parts of the world...the greatest which is knowledge."
Tikasuk f Inupiat
Meaning unknown. This is the name of an important Iñupiaq educator, poet and writer.