Siksika (or Blackfoot)
names are used by the Blackfoot people of Alberta and Montana.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Apani f SiksikaFrom the Blackfoot word
apaniiwa "butterfly", with the animate noun suffix -
wa omitted.
Apikuni m SiksikaMeans "spotted robe" in Blackfeet. This name was given to the American fur trader and historian James Willard Schultz (1859-1947), who lived among the Pikuni tribe of Blackfeet Indians from 1880-82.
Hurit m & f Siksika, AlgonquinMeans "good, fine, beautiful, handsome" in Unami, an extinct Algonquian language formerly spoken by Lenape people. This is not used as a name by the Lenape.
Káínaikoan m SiksikaFrom the Siksika
káínaa meaning "blood" and the suffix
–ikoan meaning "male person".
Ksiksínopa m SiksikaDerived from Siksika
ksikk meaning "white" and possibly
o(n)nopa, a theoretical root word for "quiver" or "arrows".
Makoyepuk m SiksikaMeans "wolf child" in the Kainai (Blood) dialect of Blackfoot, from Blackfoot
mahkúyiwa "wolf" and
poka "child".
Sépistòkòs m SiksikaDerived from
sipisttoo meaning "owl" and
okós meaning "child" in the Kainaa dialect of Siksika.