JigonhsaseefIroquois Etymology unknown. This was the name of an Iroquoian woman considered to be a co-founder, along with The Great Peacemaker and Hiawatha, of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy sometime between AD 1142 and 1450... [more]
Juracim & fTupi, Brazilian Derived from Old Tupi jura "mouth" and sy "mother; source, origin" and thus commonly interpreted as "one who speaks well". This name is borne by Brazilian politician Juraci Vieira de Magalhães (1931-2009) and Brazilian triathlete Juraci Moreira Jr... [more]
Juracyf & mBrazilian, Tupi Variant of Juraci. This name was borne by Brazilian politician Juracy Magalhães (1905-2001).
JuremafTupi, Brazilian Derived from Old Tupi yu "thorn" and rema "bad odor", oftentimes interpreted as "stinky thorn tree". The jurema plant (also known as black jurema, binho de jurema and mimosa tenuiflora) is a perennial tree or shrub native to the northeastern region of Brazil.
JurifAymara Etymology uncertain, either from the Aymara juri meaning "mud" as a noun and "cloudy" as an adjective, or jüri meaning "mist".
Jurunam & fTupi Means "black mouth" in Lingua Geral and it's an exonym used for the Yudjá people. The name is given after Mário Juruna (1942-2002), the first national-level federal representative in Brazil that belonged to an indigenous people.
JussarafTupi, Brazilian Derived from Old Tupi ii'sara "sting, burn, itch", referring to the thorns of a palm tree that were used as weaving needles. Ii'sara and asaí are the Tupi names to the tree Euterpe oleracea.
K’achafAymara Means "beautiful, lovely" in Aymara.
K’acha IllafAymara From the Aymara k'acha meaning "beautiful, lovely" and illa meaning "amulet" in Aymara, also referring to any object to attract good luck and an Aymara spirit of the products and goods, the family, cattle and money.
Kadokam & fSioux From the Sioux, “hole in the wall.”
K'ajorapalukmGreenlandic Possibly a combination of qajorlak "golden plover" and -paluk "dear little" or qaajorpoq "is chilly, is thin-skinned" and -paluk "dear little".
Kamikf & mGreenlandic From Greenlandic kamik "kamik", "soft boot made of reindeer or sealskin". Soles, kamiks (boots), legs and feet were linked to sexuality and reproduction, hunting and magic (success in hunting) in traditional society.
K'âneĸmGreenlandic Means "the space below the sleeping platform" in Greenlandic.
KanenstenhawifIndigenous American, Mohawk, History Means "she brings in corn" in Mohawk. This was the Mohawk name given to Eunice Williams (1696-1785), a Massachusetts colonist who was taken captive by the French and the Mohawks.
KaneqfGreenlandic Greenlandic feminine name from the word kaneq meaning "rime, hoarfrost".
Kapeif & mPemon, Indigenous American, New World Mythology Meaning “Moon” in Taurepang (a member of the Pemon micro family of Cariban languages), Kapei is the Taurepang deity of the moon, who appears most famously in the Taurepang folktale ‘Wei and Kapei’.
K'asaloĸfGreenlandic Means "bark of fir tree, used for the dying of skins" in Greenlandic.
K'asapemGreenlandic Greenlandic name, cognate of the word qasagaa "feels he is not goot enough, unfit" and -pi, a Greenlandic suffix meaning "genuine", "genuinely".
KatonahmLenape, History Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from a Munsee cognate of Unami kitahtëne meaning "big mountain". This was the name of a 17th-century Native American leader, the sachem (chief) of the Munsee-speaking Ramapo people in present-day western Connecticut... [more]