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GATHERED BY SPOTTED WOLF-FEBRUARY 2006

NATIVE AMERICAN FEMALE NAMES and MEANINGS

They are meant to herald great events and are to be celebrated, as these aptly named babies are welcomed into the tribe.

HOW TO GIVE YOUR BABY A NATIVE AMERICAN NAME

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ABEDABUN: Cheyenne: "sight of day."

ABEQUA, ABEQUE: Cheyenne: "stays at home."

ABETZI: Omaha:  " yellow leaf."

ABEY: Omaha: " leaf."

ABEYTU: Omaha:  " green leaf."

ADOETTE: Kiowa: large tree, big tree"

ADSILA: Cherokee:  "blossom."

AGASGA: Cherokee: "Rain"

AHAWI: Cherokee: "Deer"

AHYOKA: Cherokee: "She brought happiness"

AIYANA: "Forever flowering; eternal blossom."

ALAMEDA: "grove of cottonwood"

ALAQUA: "sweet gum tree"

ALAWA: Algonquin: "pea."

ALESHANEE: Coos : "She plays all the time"

ALGOMA: "valley of flowers"

ALIKKEES: Nez Perce : "haircut "

ALSOOMSE: Algonquin: "independent."

ALTSOBA: Navajo: "all war; All are at war"

AMA: Cherokee: "Water"

AMADAHY: Cherokee: "forest water."

AMAYETA: Miwok : Meaning is unknown

AMITOLA: "rainbow"

ANABA: Navajo:  "returns from war; She returns from war"

ANAMOSA: Sauk: "White Fawn"

ANEMY: "Superior"

ANEVAY: "superior"

ANGENI: "spirit"

ANGPETU: Sioux: " Radiant, Day"

ANGWUSNASOMTAQA: Hopi : "crow mother spirit."

ANKTI: Hopi : "repeat dance."

ANNA: Algonquin: "mother."

ANPAYTOO: Sioux: " radiant."

APONI: butterfly

AQUENE: peace

ASDZA: Navajo: "woman."

AT'EED: Navajo: "girl."

ATEPA: Choctaw: "wigwam."

ATSILA: Cherokee: "Fire"

AWANATA: Miwok: " turtle."

AWENASA: Cherokee: "my home."

AWENDELA: morning

AWENTIA: fawn

AWINITA: Cherokee: "fawn."

AYASHE, AYASHA: Cheyenne: "little one."

AYITA: Cherokee: "first to dance."

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BENA: "pheasant"

BLY: "tall"

BONITA: Apache: "Beautiful"

BYHALIA: Choctaw: "White Oaks Standing"

CALFURAY: Mapuche: "violet flower"

CATORI: Hopi: "spirit."

CHA'KWAINA: Hopi : "one who cries."

CHA'RISA: Hopi : "elk."

CHAPA: Sioux : " beaver."

CHAPAWEE: Sioux: "Industrious, Busy"

CHA'RISA: Hopi: "Elk"

CHENOA: "dove"

CHEPI: Algonquin : "fairy."

CHILAILI: "snowbird"

CHIMALIS: "bluebird"

CHITSA: "fair"

CHLUMANI: Sioux: "Dew"

CHOCHMINGWU: Hopi : "corn mother."

CHOLENA: "bird"

CHOSOVI: Hopi : "bluebird."

CHOSPOSI: Hopi : "bluebird eye."

CHU'MANA: Hopi : "snake maiden."

CHU'SI: Hopi : "snake flower."

CHUMANI: Sioux : " dewdrops."

CIQALA : Dakota: "Little one"

COAHOMA: Choctaw: "Red Panther"

COCHETA: "stranger"

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DENA: "valley"

DEZBA: Navajo : "goes to war; there was no war"

DIBE: Navajo : " sheep."

DOBA: Navajo : " no war."

DOLI: Navajo : " bluebird."

DONOMA: Omaha : " sight of the sun; visible sun"

DOWANHOWEE: Sioux: "Singing voice"

DOYA: Cherokee: "Beaver"

DYANI: "deer"

EHAWEE: Sioux : " laughing maiden."

ELU: Zuni: "Beautiful"

ENOLA: "solitary"

ETENIA: "rich"

ETHETE: Arapaho: "Good"

EYOTA: Sioux: "great"

FALA: Choctaw : "crow."

FLO: "arrow"

GAHO: mother

GALILAHI: Cherokee : "attractive."

GENESSEE: Iroquois: "beautiful valley"

GIGYAGO: Potawatomi: "Girl"

GOGA: Cherokee: "Summer"

GOLA: Cherokee: "Winter"

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HACHI: Seminole: "stream"

HAIWEE: Shoshone: "Dove"

HAKIDONMUYA: Hopi : "time of waiting moon; time of waiting"

HALOKE: Navajo : " salmon."

HALONA: of happy fortune

HANTAYWEE: Sioux : " faithful."

HATEYA: Miwok: "to press with the foot"

HAUSIS, HAUSISSE: Algonquin : "old woman."

HEHEWUTI: Hopi : "warrior mother spirit."

HELKI: Miwok : " touch."

HIALEAH: Seminole: "Pretty Prairie"

HIAWASSEE: Cherokee: "Meadow"

HINTO: Dakota: "Blue"

HOLA: Hopi: "Seed Filled Club"

HONIAHAKA: Cheyenne: "Little wolf"

HONOVI: Hopi : "strong deer."

HOWI: Miwok: "Turtle dove"

HUATA: Miwok : " carrying seeds in a basket; to carry seeds"

HUATA: Moquelumnan: "Basket Carrier"

HUMITA: Hopi : "shelled corn."

HURIT: Algonquin : "beautiful."

HUYANA: Miwok : " falling rain; rain falling"

IMALA: "disciplines"

INOLA: Cherokee: "Black Fox"

ISI: Choctaw : "deer."

ISTAS: "snow"

ITUHA: "sturdy oak or white stone"

JACI: Tupi: " moon"

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KACHINA: Hopi : "spirit, sacred dancer."

KAI: Navajo : " willow tree."

KAKAWANGWA: Hopi : "bitter."

KALISKA: Miwok : " coyote chasing deer."

KAMALI: Mahona: "Spirit Guide"

KAMAMA: Cherokee: "Butterfly"

KANGEE: Sioux: "Raven"

KANTI: Algonquin : "sings."

KASA: Hopi : "dressed in furs."

KAYA: Hopi : "elder sister."

KEEGSQUAW: Algonquin : "virgin."

KEEZHEEKONI: Cheyenne : "burning fire."

KEEZHEEKONI: Chippewa: "fire briskly burning"

KELE: Hopi: "Sparrow"

KENDA: Dakota: "Magical Powers"

KEWANEE: Potawatomi: "prairie hen"

KIMAMA: Shoshone : "butterfly."

KIMI: Algonquin : "secret."

KIMIMELA: Sioux : " butterfly."

KINEKS: "rosebud"

KINTA: Choctaw: "Deer"

KIWIDINOK: Cheyenne : "of the wind."

KIWIDINOK: Chippewa: "woman of the wind"

KOKO: Blackfoot : "night."

KOKYANGWUTI: Hopi : "spider woman at middle-age."

KOLENYA: Miwok : " coughing fish."

KOSA: Cheyenne: "Sheep"

KUCKUNNIWI: Cheyenne: "Little wolf"

KUWANLELENTA: Hopi : "to make beautiful surroundings."

KUWANYAMTIWA: Hopi : "beautiful badger going over the hill."

KUWANYAUMA: Hopi : "butterfly showing beautiful wings."

KWANITA: Zuni: "god is gracious"

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LEOTIE: flower of the prairie

LENMANA: Hopi : "flute girl."

LEQUOIA: meaning unknown (probably an alteration of sequoia, name of a giant redwood tree)

LILUYE: Miwok : " singing chicken hawk that soars."

LISELI: Zuni name. Meaning unknown

LITONYA: Miwok : " darting hummingbird; hummingbird darting"

LOMAHONGVA: Hopi : "beautiful clouds arising."

LOMASI: "pretty flower"

LULU: "rabbit"

LUYO: "wild dove"

LUYU: "wild dove"

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MACAWI: Sioux : " generous."

MACHA: Sioux: "aurora"

MAGASKAWEE: Sioux : " graceful; swan maiden; swan girl"

MAGENA: "moon"

MAHAL: "woman"

MAHU: Hopi myth name.

MAI: "coyote"

MAKA: Sioux : " earth."

MAKAWEE: Sioux : " mothering; earth maiden or generous"

MAKKITOTOSIMEW: Algonquin : "she has large breasts."

MALIA: Zuni : " bitter;bitter or sea of bitterness"

MALILA: Miwok : " fast salmon swimming up a rippling stream;salmon going fast up a rippling stream"

MANABA: Navajo : " return to war; war returned with her coming"

MANKALITA: Zuni name. Meaning unknown

MANSI: Hopi : "plucked flower."

MAPIYA: Sioux : " sky; sky or heavenly"

MARALAH: born during an earthquake

MAUSI: plucks flowers

MEDA: prophetess

MELI: Zuni : " bitter."

MEMDI: henna

MEOQUANEE: Cheyenne : "wears red."

MEOQUANEE: Chippewa: "wears red"

MIGISI: Cheyenne : "eagle."

MIAKODA: power of the moon

MIGINA: Omaha : " returning moon."

MIGISI: Chippewa: "eagle"

MIKA: intelligent raccoon

MIMITEH: Omaha : " new moon."

MINA: Sioux: "Oldest Daughter"

MINAL: fruit

MINYA: Osage: "Older Sister"

MISAE: Osage : "white sun."

MITENA: Omaha: "born under coming or new moon"

MITENA:Ojibway: "Born at the New Moon"

MITUNA: Miwok : " wraps salmon in willow leaves."

MISU: Miwok: "Rippling brook"

MONA: gathered of the seed of a jimson weed

MOSI: Navajo : " cat."

MUNA: Hopi : "overflowing spring."

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NADIE: Algonquin : "wise."

NAHIMANA: Sioux : " mystic."

NAMID: Cheyenne : "star dancer."

NAMID or NAMIDA: Chippewa: "Star Dancer"

NAMPEYO: Hopi: "Snake Girl"

NASCHA: Navajo : " owl."

NASHOTA: "twin"

NATA: "speaker"

NATANE: Arapaho: "Daughter"

NECHE: Ojibway: "Friend"

NEKOMA: Chippewa: "Grandmother"

NIABI: Osage : "fawn."

NIDAWI: Omaha : " fairy."

NIJLON: Algonquin : "mistress."

NIMEDA: Potawatomi: "Dance"

NINA: "strong"

NINOVAN: Cheyenne: "our home"

NIRVELLI: Tudas: "Water child"

NISHWEQUANNIQUAWESEH: Algonquin: "third little doe" (third daughter)

NITA: Choctaw : "bear."

NITTAWOSEW: Algonquin : "she is not sterile."

NITUNA: "daughter"

NIYOL: Navajo: "Wind"

NOKOMIS: Cheyenne : "grandmother."

NOKOMIS: Chippewa: "grandmother"

NOVA: Hopi : "chases butterfly."

NOYA: Cherokee: "Sand"

NUKPANA: Hopi : " evil."

NUMEES: Algonquin : "sister."

NUNA: "land"

NUTTAH: Algonquin : "my heart."

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ODAHINGUM: Cheyenne : "rippling water."

ODAHINGUM: Chippewa: "Rippling water"

ODINA: Algonquian: "mountain"

OHCUMGACHE: Cheyenne: "Little wolf"

OGIN: "wild rose"

OJINJINTKA: Sioux: "rose"

OLATHE: "beautiful"

OMINOTAGO: Cheyenne : "beautiful voice."

OMUSA: Miwok : " misses with arrows; missing when shooting with arrows"

ONAIWAH: Ojibway: "Pigeon or Dove"

ONATAH: Iroquois: "Daughter of the Earth and Corn Spirit"

ONAWA: "wide awake"

ONIDA: "the one searched for"

OOLJEE: Navajo : " moon."

OOTA DABUN: Algonquin : "day star."

OPA: Choctaw: "owl"

ORENDA: Iroquois : "magic power."

OSYKA: Choctaw: "Eagle"

OTEKAH: Navajo: "Sun Maiden" (oh-tee-kuh)

OYA: Moquelumnan: "Called Forth"

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PAKWA: Hopi : " frog."

PAKUNA: Miwok : " deer jumping downhill."

PAMUY or PAMUYA: Hopi : " water moon."

PANA: Blackfoot: "Partridge"

PANOLA: Choctaw: "Cotton"

PAPINA: Miwok : " vine growing around an oak tree."

PATI: Miwok : " break by twisting; fish basket"

PAUWAU: Algonquin : " witch."

PAVATI: Hopi : " clear water."

PAZI: Ponca: "yellow bird"

PELIPA: Zuni: "lover of horses"

PETA, PETAH: Blackfoot : " golden eagle"

PETUNIA: flower name

POLIKWAPTIWA: Hopi : " butterfly sitting on a flower."

POLOMA: Choctaw : " bow."

POSALA: Miwok : " farewell to spring flowers."

POWAQA: Hopi : " witch."

PTAYSANWEE: Sioux : " white buffalo."

PULES: Algonquin : "pigeon."

QUANAH : Comanche: " fragrant"

QUAHNEAH : Cheyenne: "morning dew"  -- kwa-nay-ah

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ROZENE: "rose"

SACAJAWEA: Shoshone: "Bird-woman"

SADZI: Carrier: "Disposition"

SAHKYO: Navajo : " mink."

SAHPOOLY: Kiowa: "Owl"

SALALI: Cherokee : "squirrel."

SANUYE: Miwok : " red cloud at sundown."

SAPATA: Miwok: "dancing bear"

SASA: Cherokee: "Goose"

SATINKA; SANTINKA: "magical dancer"

SAWNI or SUWANEE: Seminole: "Echo"

SHADA: "pelican"

SHADI: Navajo : " older sister."

SHESHEBENS: Cheyenne : "small duck."

SHESHEBENS: Chippewa: "Small duck"

SHIDEEZHI: Navajo : " younger sister."

SHIMA: Navajo : " mother."

SHIMASANI: Navajo : " grandmother."

SHUMAN: Hopi : " rattlesnake handler."

SIHU: Hopi : " flower."

SIKYA: Hopi: "small canyon"

SINOPA: Blackfoot : "fox; kit fox"

SINOPA: Cayuse: "Fox Cub"

SIPATU: Miwok: "pulled out"

SISIKA: "bird"

SITALA: Miwok : " of good memory; display memory"

SITSI: Navajo : " daughter."

SKENANDOA: Iroquois: "Deer"

SNANA: Sioux: "jingle like little bells"

SOKANON: Algonquin : "rain."

SOKW: Algonquin : "sour."

SONOMA: Miwok: "ground place"

SOOLEAWA: Algonquin : "silver."

SOYALA: Hopi : " time of the winter solstice."

STINKA: "magical dancer"

SULETU: Miwok : " flies; to fly around"

SUNI: Zuni: "Native Tribal Member"

SUNI NATI: Zuni: "middle"

SUNKI: Hopi : " to catch up with."

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TAA: Zuni: "seed"

TABLITA: Hopi : " tiara; crown"

TACI: Zuni: "Washtub"

TADEWI: Omaha : " wind."

TADITA: Omaha : " one who runs."

TAHKI: Algonquin: "cold"

TAIGI, TAINI: Omaha : " returning moon."

TAIMA:"thunder"

TAINI: Omaha: "new moon"

TAIPA: Miwok : " spread wings; flying quail"

TAKALA: Hopi : " corn tassel."

TAKCHAWEE: Sioux : " doe."

TAKHI: Algonquin : "cold."

TALA: "wolf"

TALISA: Creek: "Beautiful Water"

TALULAH: Choctaw : "leaping water."

TALUTAH: Sioux : " blood-red."

TAMA: "thunder"

TANGAKWUNU: Hopi: "Rainbow"

TANSY: Hopi : " name of a flower."

TAYANITA: Cherokee : "young beaver."

TEHYA: "precious"

TIPONI: Hopi : " child of importance."

TIS-SEE-WOO-NA-TIS: Cheyenne : "she who bathes with her knees."

TIVA: Hopi : " dance."

TIWA: Zuni: "Onion"

TOKALA: Dakota: "Fox"

TOLINKA: Miwok : " flapping ear of a coyote; coyote's long ears flapping"

TOOANTUH: Cherokee: "Spring frog"

TOSKI: Hopi: "Squash Bug"

TOTSI: Hopi : " moccasins."

TSIISHCH'ILI: Navajo: "Curly haired"

TSOMAH: Kiowa: "Yellow Hair"

TSULA: Cherokee: "Fox"

TULA: Choctaw: "Peak"

TUSA: Zuni: "prairie dog"

TUWA, TUUWA: Hopi : " earth."

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UNA: Hopi : " remember."

UNEGA: Cherokee: "white"

URIKA: Omaha : " useful to all; useful"

USDI: Cherokee: "baby"

UTINA: Timucua: "woman of my country"

WACHIWI: Sioux : " dancer; dancing girl"

WAKANDA: Sioux : " possesses magical power."

WAKI: Hopi : " shelter."

WANEKIA: Paiute: "Makes Life"

WANETA: "charger"

WAPUN: Potawatomi: "dawn"

WASHTA: Sioux: "Good"

WATSEKA: Potawatomi: "Pretty Woman"

WAUNA: Miwok : " singing snow goose."

WAWETSEKA: Potawatomi: "pretty woman"

WEAYAYA: Sioux: "sunset"

WEEKO: Sioux : " pretty."

WENONA: "firstborn daughter"

WICAPI WAKAN, WIKAPI WAKAN: Dakota : "holy star."

WICHAHPI: Sioux: "star"

WIHAKAYDA: Sioux : " little one."

WIKIMAK: Algonquin : "wife."

WINEMA: "chief"

WINONA, WENONA, WENONAH: Sioux : "giving; first born daughter"

WITASHNAH: Sioux : " virginal."

WOYA: Cherokee: "Dove"

WUTI: Hopi : " woman."

WYANET: "beautiful"

WYOME: Algonquian: "large plain"

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XOCHITL: Nahuatl : "flower"

YAMKA: Hopi : " blossom."

YANABA: Navajo: "she meets the enemy"

YATOKYA: Zuni: "sun"

YAZHI: Navajo : " little one."

YENENE: Miwok: "medicine man"

YEPA: "snow woman"

YOKI: Hopi : " rain."

YOOMEE: Coos: "Star"

YONA: Cherokee: "bear"

YUTU: Miwok: "coyote out hunting"

ZALTANA: "high mountain"

ZIHNA: Hopi : " spins; spinning."

ZIRACUNY: Kiowa: "Water Monster"

ZITKALA: Dakota : "bird."

ZONTA: Sioux: "Trusted"

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Keep in mind that these names come from various parts of the country and can be derived from different cultures.

The spellings and meaning may vary slightly or greatly from region to region - check with your family or other resources if this is important in naming your child.

You may also want to explore the "naming" customs of the particular tribe's name that you are using.

It is also important that you create your own name (in other words, decide on a meaning and have it translated). Rather than finding a name and then looking up what it means.

It will have more meaning than a "stock" name, and, in many tribes, this was the only way naming was done.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST...
If you do choose a name from a baby book or such, do some research so you can-

1: Be sure the pronunciation is right, and
2: Be sure it means what the book says it means.

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