Greenlandic & Inuit names
39 names from the Greenlandic & Inuit naming tradition, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and how it is seen around the world.
- AmaruqBoyInuktitut for "wolf".
- AputsiaqBoyFrom the Kalaallisut word for snow, describing a single snowflake.
- AqissiaqBoyFrom the Kalaallisut word for the rock ptarmigan, describing a young bird.
- ArnaqGirlThe Kalaallisut and Inuktitut word for a woman.
- AviaajaGirlA Greenlandic name meaning "cousin" in the East Greenlandic dialect.
- InukBoyThe Kalaallisut word for a person or human being.
- InunnguaqBoyFrom Kalaallisut inuk "person" and a diminutive ending, together meaning "little person".
- IqalukUnisexInuktitut for "fish".
- IvaanaGirlThe feminine form of the Greenlandic name Ivaaq.
- IvaaqBoySaid to come from the Kalaallisut word for an egg.
- IvaluGirlGreenlandic for "sinew, tendon, thread".
- KimmernaqGirlGreenlandic for the cowberry (lingonberry).
- Malik (Greenlandic & Inuit)BoyFrom Greenlandic: "wave, sea".
- MiillaaraqGirlPossibly from Greenlandic millalaarpoq, "to hum or drone like an insect", with the diminutive ending -araq.
- MinikUnisexGreenlandic for "seal oil".
- NaasunnguaqGirlGreenlandic for "little flower", from naasoq "flower, plant" and the diminutive ending -nnguaq.
- NajaGirlFrom Greenlandic najaa, "his younger sister".
- NanuqBoyInuktitut for "polar bear".
- NaujaGirlGreenlandic and Inuktitut for "seagull".
- NiviGirlShort form of Greenlandic niviarsiaq, "young girl".
- NiviarsiaqGirlThe Greenlandic word for a young, unmarried woman.
- NukaUnisexFrom Kalaallisut nukaa, "younger brother or sister".
- PaninnguaqGirl"Dear little daughter", built from panik, "daughter", and the diminutive ending -nnguaq.
- PiloqutinnguaqGirl"Little leaf", from piloqut, "leaf", and the diminutive ending -nnguaq.
- PipalukGirlA Greenlandic term of endearment for a small, dearly loved person.
- PittiulaaqUnisexInuktitut for the black guillemot, a small Arctic seabird.
- QillaqBoyThe Greenlandic word for a sealskin.
- QinnuajuaqUnisexInuktitut for the rough-legged hawk, a bird of prey of the Arctic tundra.
- SalikBoyFrom a Greenlandic verb root for scraping or cleaning something, such as an animal skin.
- SiqiniqGirlInuktitut for "sun".
- SissinnguaqGirl"Little squirrel", built with the diminutive ending -nnguaq.
- TaqqiqUnisexInuktitut for "moon".
- TiriaqUnisexInuktitut for the ermine, a small Arctic weasel.
- TulugaqUnisexThe ordinary Kalaallisut word for "raven", given directly as a personal name.
- TupaarnaqGirlThe Kalaallisut name for wild thyme, a small scented plant that flowers on Greenland's tundra.
- UjarakUnisexThe Kalaallisut word for "stone" or "rock", used as a personal name.
- UjaraqBoyInuktitut for "stone" or "rock".
- UkaleqGirlThe Kalaallisut word for "hare", given as a girl's name.
- UlloriaqUnisexThe Kalaallisut word for "star", given as a personal name.