Indigenous American Submitted Names

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

Yerimen m & f Mapuche (Rare, Archaic)
From Mapuche meaning "Agile, Fast"

Yeyetzi f & m Nahuatl, Mexican (Rare)
Probably means "beautiful, precious", ultimately derived from Nahuatl yectli "good, virtuous, just".

Ygary m Guarani
Means "cedar" in Guarani.

Yma f Quechua (?)
Yma Sumac was the stage name of Peruvian soprano Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo (1922-2008). She based it on her mother's name, which was derived from Quechua ima shumaq meaning "how beautiful!", although in interviews Sumac claimed it meant "beautiful girl" or "beautiful flower".... [more]

Yoalli f & m Nahuatl, Mexican
Variant of Yohual.

Yoally f Nahuatl
Variant of Yoalli.

Yo-da-gent f Iroquois
Allegedly means "she who saves" or "she who carries help" in the Oneida language. This was the honorary Oneida name of Dr. Lillie Rosa Minoka Hill, given to her by the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin.

Yohual m & f Nahuatl
Means "night" in Nahuatl.

Yohualxoch f Nahuatl
Means "night flower" in Nahuatl, referring to a kind of flowering plant used medicinally.

Yoi m & f Shipibo-Conibo
Means "say" in Shipibo.

Yoki f Hopi
Means "rain" in Hopi.

Yollotzin m & f Nahuatl, Mexican
Variant of Yolotzin.

Yoltzin f & m Nahuatl, Mexican
Means "little heart" in Nahuatl.

Yona m Cherokee
Means "bear" in Cherokee.

Yoołgai Asdzą́ą́ f Navajo
Means "white shell woman" in Navajo.

Yopicatl m Nahuatl
Means "person from Yopica".

Yopiki f Asháninka
Means "chick" in Ashaninka.

Yoran m & f Shipibo-Conibo
From the Shipibo yora meaning "body" and the genitive suffix -n.

Yoyontli m Nahuatl
Meaning uncertain.

Yrasêma f Guarani
Means "murmur of the waters" in Guarani.

Ysyry f Guarani
Means "flowing water" in Guarani.

Yuisa f American (Hispanic, Rare), Taíno (Archaic), Spanish (Caribbean, Rare)

Yuka f & m Inuit
Means "bright star" in Inuit.

Yul f & m Nahuatl
Derived from Yolotl.

Yúmi m Aguaruna
Means "water" in Awajún.

Yumís f Aguaruna
Means "palm tree" in Awajún.

Yupa f Aymara
Means "dear, appreciated" in Aymara.

Yupanqui m Quechua
Means "he who honours his ancestors" in Quechua.

Yupaycha f & m Aymara
Means "adore" in Aymara.

Yura f & m Inuit
Means "beautiful" in Inuit.

Yurac m & f Quechua
Means "white" in Quechua.

Yuraqmayu f Quechua
Means "white river" in Quechua.

Yuri f Quechua
Means "dawn" in Quechua.

Yuritzi f Purépecha, Spanish (Mexican)

Yuru f & m Popular Culture, Indigenous American
The name of the titular protagonist in the Telenovela “Yuru, la princesa amazónica“. Perhaps a diminutive of Yuraqmayu.

Yusimi f Taíno

Yusinai f Taíno

Zaca m Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl zacatl "grass, hay, straw".

Zacahuehue m Nahuatl
Probably derived from zacatl "grass, hay" and huehue "elder, old man".

Zacancatl m Nahuatl
Possibly derived from zacatl "grass, hay, straw" and the suffix -catl.

Zaltana f Indigenous American
Means "high mountain"

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.

Ziigwan f & m Ojibwe
Meaning "its is (early) spring" in Ojibwe,

Zikana f Sioux
Meaning, "white."

Zitkala-ša f Sioux
Means "red bird" from Lakota ziŋtkála "bird" and šá "red". This name was adopted by a Yankton Dakota writer and political activist, birth name Gertrude Simmons (1876-1938).

Zi-yeh f Apache

Zolin m Nahuatl
Means "quail" in Nahuatl.

Zonda f Spanish (Latin American), Indigenous American
Name of a specific type of fast, dry mountain wind in Argentina. The name comes from a valley in San Juan Province, Argentina. Both the valley and the wind are related to an Indigenous people Ullum-Zonda similar to the Huarpe people.

Zonya f & m Indigenous American

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