Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Elki m MiwokDerived from Miwok
elkini "to hang over the top of" or "to drape over", with the implied meaning "bear hanging intestines of people on top of rocks or bushes".
Hateya f MiwokMeans "press with the foot" or "make tracks" in the Miwok language, with the implied meaning being "bear making tracks in the dust". From the Miwok
ha·t'ej.
Katwa m & f MiwokOne of the many words meaning "coyote" in Miwok; other words meaning "coyote" incudes
aseli,
situ,
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Kosumi m MiwokDerived from Miwok
kosumu "salmon" and/or
kose "to throw at", with the implied meaning "fishes for salmon with a spear".
Liluye f MiwokImplies "singing chicken hawk that soars" in the Miwok language.
Lise m MiwokMeans "salmon head rising above water" in Miwok.
Lokni m MiwokMeans "rain falls through the roof" in Miwok.
Malila f MiwokMeans "salmon going fast up a rippling stream" in the Miwok language
Mona m MiwokMeans "he picks jimsonweed seeds" in Miwok.
Muata m MiwokMeans "yellow jacket in the nest" in Miwok.
Pakuna f Miwok (?)Allegedly a variant of
Pukuna, a Miwok name meaning "deer jumping when running downhill".
Ponponio m MiwokLeader of a band of Native American fugitives in California who called themselves Los Insurgentes and who rebelled against Mexican rule and the mission system in California.
Sanuye f MiwokMeans "cloud" in the Miwok language, with the implied meaning being "red cloud at sundown".
Taipa m MiwokDerived from Miwok
tapa "to spread wings, to flap", with the implied meaning "valley quail spreading wings as it alights".
Tenaya m MiwokPossibly from Central Sierra Miwok
taná·ya- meaning "evening star". This was the name of a 19th-century Miwok chief for whom Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park was named.
Tupi m MiwokMeans "salmon" in the Miwok language, with the implied meaning being "throwing salmon onto bank".
Wuyi m MiwokNative American boy's name meaning "Soaring turkey vulture"
Yaluta f MiwokMiwok name meaning "women out on flat telling one another there are lots of farewell-to-spring seed", farewell-to-spring being a flowering plant native to coastal areas of California and the Pacific Northwest (species Clarkia amoena), the seeds of which Miwok people gathered to grind for food.