Native American Baby Names With Meanings

These names come from many Indigenous nations of North America, and their meanings and spellings vary by language and community.

• Adoerte

  Boy · Native American · “Derived from adoeete, kiowa word for tree.”

• Adooeette

  Boy · Native American · “Derived from adoeete, kiowa word for tree.”

• Annawan

  Boy · Native American · “Variant of annawon: algonquin name meaning chief..”

• Attakullakulla

  Boy · Native American · “Variant of atagulkalu: cherokee name meaning pitched trees..”

• Bagwunagijik

  Boy · Native American · “Variant of buegoneguig: chippewa name meaning hole in the sky..”

• Bornbazine

  Boy · Native American · “Variant of abornazine: abnaki word for keeper of the flame..”

• Deganawidah

  Boy · Native American · “Variant of dekanawida: iroquois name meaning two rivers running..”

• Dekanawida

  Boy · Native American · “Iroquois name meaning two rivers running.”

• Dohate

  Boy · Native American · “Variant of dohasan: kiowa name meaning cliff..”

• Elaskolatat

  Boy · Native American · “Nez perce name meaning animal running into the ground..”

• Espowyes

  Boy · Native American · “Nez perce name for light on the mountain.”

• Koshisigre

  Boy · Native American · “Variant of cashesegra: osage name meaning tracks of a large animal..”

• Aanakwad

  Girl · Native American · “Cloud”

• Abooksigun

  Boy · Native American · “Wildcat.”

• Abornazine

  Boy · Native American · “Keeper of the flame.”

• Adawosgi

  Boy · Native American · “He swims”

• Aditsan

  Boy · Native American · “Listener (navajo).”

• Adoeete

  Boy · Native American · “Kiowa word for tree.”

• Adoette

  Girl · Native American · “Large tree.”

• Agna-Iyanke

  Boy · Native American · “Runs beside horse.”

• Ahmik

  Boy · Native American · “Beaver.”

• Ahnay

  Unisex · Native American · “Superior”

• Ahtunowhiho

  Boy · Native American · “One who lives below.”

• Aiyana

  Girl · Native American · “Eternal blossom.”

• Akando

  Boy · Native American · “Ambush.”

• Akule

  Boy · Native American · “Looks up.”

• Alahmoot

  Boy · Native American · “An elm branch.”

• Alaqua

  Girl · Native American · “Sweet gum tree.”

• Aleekcheaahoosh

  Boy · Native American · “Crow name meaning accomplished.”

• Aleshanee

  Girl · Native American · “She always plays.”

• Alikkees

  Unisex · Native American · “Haircut.”

• Allahkoliken

  Boy · Native American · “Antlers.”

• Amitola

  Girl · Native American · “Rainbow.”

• Anaye

  Girl · Native American · “Spirit”

• AneMy

  Girl · Native American · “Superior.”

• Angvariationu-Toke

  Boy · Native American · “Sioux name meaning another day.”

• Angwusnasomtaqa

  Girl · Native American · “Crow mother spirit.”

• Annawon

  Boy · Native American · “Algonquin name meaning chief.”

• Anoki

  Boy · Native American · “Actor.”

• Apash Wyakaikt

  Boy · Native American · “Flint necklace.”

• Apash-Wyakaikt

  Boy · Native American · “Flint necklace.”

• Apenimon

  Boy · Native American · “Worthy of trust.”

• Aponi

  Girl · Native American · “Butterfly.”

• Aponivi

  Boy · Native American · “Where the wind blows down the gap.”

• Appanoose

  Boy · Native American · “Sauk word for child.”

• Aquene

  Girl · Native American · “Peace.”

• Ar-Ke-Kee-Tah

  Boy · Native American · “Stay.”

• Arapoosh

  Boy · Native American · “Stomach ache.”

• Arre-catte Waho

  Boy · Native American · “Large elk.”

• Arre-Catte-Waho

  Boy · Native American · “Large elk.”

• Ashishishe

  Boy · Native American · “Crow.”

• Ashkii Dighin

  Boy · Native American · “Sacred child, holy child.”

• Ashkii-Dighin

  Boy · Native American · “Sacred child, holy child.”

• Askuwheteau

  Boy · Native American · “He keeps watch.”

• Aslunak

  Boy · Native American · “He who is strong like a rock”

• Atagulkalu

  Boy · Native American · “Cherokee name meaning pitched trees.”

• Atsidi

  Boy · Native American · “Navajo name meaning blacksmith.”

• Awan

  Boy · Native American · “Somebody.”

• Awenita

  Girl · Native American · “Fawn.”

• Ayawamat

  Boy · Native American · “One who follows orders.”

• Bemossed

  Boy · Native American · “Walker.”

• Bena

  Girl · Native American · “Pheasant.”

• Beshiltheeni

  Boy · Native American · “Metalworker.”

• Bimisi

  Boy · Native American · “Slippery.”

• Bisahalani

  Boy · Native American · “Navajo name meaning speaker.”

• Bodaway

  Boy · Native American · “Fire maker.”

• Buegoneguig

  Boy · Native American · “Hole in the sky.”

• Canowicakte

  Boy · Native American · “Sioux name meaning forest hunter.”

• Cashesegra

  Boy · Native American · “Tracks of a large animal.”

• Catahecassa

  Boy · Native American · “Black Hoof (Shawnee chief)”

• Catomagli

  Boy · Native American · “Chief Joseph's Nez Perce name”

• Cetanwakuwa

  Boy · Native American · “Sioux name meaning attacking hawk.”

• Chakan

  Boy · Native American · “Hawk”

• Chankoowashtay

  Boy · Native American · “Good road.”

• Chas chunk a

  Boy · Native American · “Wave (winnebago).”

• Chaska

  Boy · Native American · “Sioux name given to the first son born.”

• Chavatangakwunua

  Boy · Native American · “Short rainbow.”

• Cheasequah

  Boy · Native American · “Cherokee name meaning red bird.”

• Chebona Bula

  Boy · Native American · “Creek name meaning laughing boy..”

• Chelan

  Boy · Native American · “Deep water”

• Chilam

  Girl · Native American · “Snowbird.”

• Chimalis

  Girl · Native American · “Bluebird.”

• Chitsa

  Girl · Native American · “Fair.”

• Cholena

  Girl · Native American · “Bird.”

• Chuslum Moxmox

  Boy · Native American · “Yellow bull.”

• Chuslum-Moxmox

  Boy · Native American · “Yellow bull.”

• Ciqala

  Girl · Native American · “Little one”

• Coowescoowe

  Boy · Native American · “Cherokee name meaning egret.”

• Daccota

  Unisex · Native American · “Friend, ally (variant of Dakota)”

• Dasan

  Boy · Native American · “Chief.”

• Degataga

  Boy · Native American · “Cherokee name meaning gathering.”

• Dekohta

  Unisex · Native American · “Friend, ally (variant of Dakota)”

• Delsin

  Boy · Native American · “He is so.”

• Diwali

  Boy · Native American · “Cherokee name meaning bowl.”

• Dohasan

  Boy · Native American · “Kiowa name meaning cliff.”

• Dyami

  Boy · Native American · “Eagle.”

• Dyani

  Girl · Native American · “Deer.”

• Ealahweemah

  Boy · Native American · “Nez perce name meaning sleep.”

• Ealaot Wadass

  Boy · Native American · “Nez perce name meaning earth.”

• Ealaothek Kaunis

  Boy · Native American · “Nez perce name meaning birds landing.”

• Eapalekthiloom

  Boy · Native American · “Nez perce name meaning mound of clouds.”

• Edensaw

  Boy · Native American · “Tlingit name meaning glacier.”

• Elki

  Unisex · Native American · “Creator”

• Elsu

  Boy · Native American · “Flying falcon.”

• Enkoodabaoo

  Boy · Native American · “One who lives alone.”

• Enola

  Girl · Native American · “Solitary.”

• Entilaka

  Boy · Native American · “Sunrise”

• Enyeto

  Boy · Native American · “Walks as a bear.”

• Epena

  Girl · Native American · “Butterfly”

• Etu

  Unisex · Native American · “Sunrise”

• Eyanosa

  Boy · Native American · “Sioux name meaning ways.”

• Eyota

  Unisex · Native American · “Great.”

• Gaho

  Girl · Native American · “Mother.”

• Gosheven

  Boy · Native American · “Leaper.”

• Guyapi

  Boy · Native American · “Frank.”

• Hahkethomemah

  Unisex · Native American · “Little robe”

• Hahnee

  Unisex · Native American · “Beggar”

• Hahona

  Unisex · Native American · “Little fish”

• He lush ka

  Boy · Native American · “Fighter (winnebago).”

• Helaku

  Unisex · Native American · “Full of sun”

• Hinto

  Unisex · Native American · “Blue (dakota).”

• Hokee

  Unisex · Native American · “Abandoned”

• Honani

  Unisex · Native American · “Badger”

• Honaw

  Boy · Native American · “Bear (hopi).”

• Huhu

  Unisex · Native American · “Bear”

• Hynala

  Girl · Native American · “Unknown”

• Igasho

  Boy · Native American · “Wanders.”

• Illanipi

  Boy · Native American · “Amazing.”

• Inali

  Girl · Native American · “Black fox”

• Inapo

  Boy · Native American · “Unknown”

• Inteus

  Boy · Native American · “Has no shame.”

• Istas

  Girl · Native American · “Snow.”

• Istu

  Boy · Native American · “Sugar.”

• Ituha

  Girl · Native American · “Sturdy oak.”

• Iwatoke

  Boy · Native American · “Unknown”

• Iye

  Boy · Native American · “Smoke.”

• Izusa

  Girl · Native American · “White stone.”

• Jicarilla

  Unisex · Native American · “Little basket”

• Kabecka

  Girl · Native American · “Twin; double”

• Kaga

  Boy · Native American · “Chronicler.”

• Kangee

  Unisex · Native American · “Raven; crow”

• Kimimela

  Boy · Native American · “Butterfly”

• Kineks

  Girl · Native American · “Rosebud.”

• Knoton

  Boy · Native American · “Wind.”

• Langundo

  Boy · Native American · “Peaceful.”

• Lenno

  Boy · Native American · “Man.”

• Lomasi

  Girl · Native American · “Pretty flower.”

• Lootah

  Boy · Native American · “Red (sioux).”

• Luyu

  Girl · Native American · “Wild dove.”

• Magena

  Girl · Native American · “Moon.”

• Mahal

  Girl · Native American · “Woman.”

• Mahpee

  Boy · Native American · “Sky (sioux).”

• Maska

  Boy · Native American · “Strong.”

• Mausi

  Girl · Native American · “Plucks flowers.”

• Maza blaska

  Boy · Native American · “Flat iron (dakota).”

• Memdi

  Girl · Native American · “Henna.”

• Mohawk

  Boy · Native American · “Native american tribe name.”

• Mojag

  Boy · Native American · “Never silent.”

• Moketaveto

  Boy · Native American · “Black kettle (cheyenne).”

• Moketoveto

  Boy · Native American · “Black kettle (cheyenne).”

• Mongwau

  Boy · Native American · “Owl (hopi).”

• Motega

  Boy · Native American · “New arrow.”

• Muraco

  Boy · Native American · “White moon.”

• Nahele

  Boy · Native American · “Forest.”

• Nashota

  Girl · Native American · “Twin.”

• Nata

  Girl · Native American · “Speaker.”

• Nawat

  Boy · Native American · “Left handed.”

• Nayati

  Boy · Native American · “He who wrestles.”

• Neeheeoeewootis

  Boy · Native American · “High backed wolf (cheyenne)..”

• Neka

  Boy · Native American · “Wild goose.”

• Nigan

  Boy · Native American · “Ahead.”

• Nikiti

  Boy · Native American · “Round or smooth.”

• Nitis

  Boy · Native American · “Friend.”

• Nittawosew

  Girl · Native American · “She is not sterile.”

• Nuna

  Girl · Native American · “Land.”

• Ogin

  Girl · Native American · “Wild rose.”

• Ohanko

  Boy · Native American · “Reckless.”

• Omawnakw

  Boy · Native American · “Cloud feather.”

• Oota dabun

  Girl · Native American · “Day star (algonquin).”

• Ouray

  Boy · Native American · “Arrow.”

• Pallaton

  Boy · Native American · “Warrior.”

• Pannoowau

  Boy · Native American · “He lies.”

• Patamon

  Boy · Native American · “Tempest.”

• Patwin

  Boy · Native American · “Man.”

• Pay

  Boy · Native American · “He is coming.”

• Payat

  Boy · Native American · “He is coming.”

• Payatt

  Boy · Native American · “He is coming.”

• Polikwaptiwa

  Girl · Native American · “Butterfly sitting on a flower.”

• Qaletaqa

  Boy · Native American · “Guardian of the people.”

• Sahale

  Boy · Native American · “Falcon.”

• Sakima

  Boy · Native American · “King.”

• SBtinka

  Girl · Native American · “Magical dancer.”

• Shada

  Girl · Native American · “Pelican.”

• Shizhee

  Boy · Native American · “Son (navajo).”

• Shoemowetochawcawe

  Boy · Native American · “Father (navajo).”

• Sikyahonaw

  Boy · Native American · “Yellow bear.”

• Sikyatavo

  Boy · Native American · “Yellow rabbit.”

• Sisika

  Girl · Native American · “Bird.”

• Siwili

  Boy · Native American · “Tail of the fox.”

• Sunukkuhkau

  Boy · Native American · “He crushes.”