Native American (Lakota, Navajo, Ojibwe and others) names
30 names from the Native American (Lakota, Navajo, Ojibwe and others) naming tradition, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and how it is seen around the world.
- AanakwadUnisexOjibwe for "cloud".
- AjeiGirlFrom the Navajo word ajéí, "heart".
- AkicitaBoyFrom Lakota akíčhita: "warrior, soldier".
- AnangikweGirlFrom Ojibwe anang, "star", and ikwe, "woman": "star woman".
- AshkiiBoyThe everyday Navajo word for a boy, ashkii.
- AweeUnisexThe Navajo word for a baby, awéé'.
- BidziilBoyFrom Navajo bidziil, "he is strong", built on the root dziil, strength.
- ChaskaBoyFrom Lakota čhaské: "firstborn son".
- DezbaGirlFrom Navajo baa', "raid, war expedition", read together as "she went raiding".
- DiindiisiUnisexOjibwe for "blue jay".
- GiiwedinBoyOjibwe for "north", and by extension the north wind.
- GiiwedinokweGirlFrom Ojibwe giiwedin, "north", and ikwe, "woman": "woman of the north".
- Iina (Native American (Lakota, Navajo, Ojibwe and others))GirlFrom Navajo iiná: "life".
- KimimelaGirlFrom Lakota kimímela: "butterfly".
- KlahBoyAn anglicised form of Navajo tł'aa'í, "left-handed".
- MahpiyaUnisexFrom Lakota maȟpíya: "cloud, sky".
- MiigwanUnisexOjibwe for "feather".
- NanabahGirlFrom Navajo, built on baa', "warrior, raid", with a prefix for "again", read as "returning warrior".
- NizhóníGirlThe Navajo word for "beautiful" or "pretty", used as a girl's name.
- NoodinBoyFrom the Ojibwe word for wind, noodin.
- NotahBoyA Navajo boy's name; its root is not firmly settled, and it is sometimes linked to a Navajo phrase for "almost" or…
- OhiyesaBoyFrom Dakota ohíya "to win" and the suffix -s'a "habitually": "one who wins often".
- ShandiinUnisexThe Navajo word for sunlight or the light given off by the sun.
- TashinaGirlFrom Lakota tȟašína, "blanket, shawl": "her blanket".
- TasunkaBoyFrom Lakota tȟašuŋke, "his horse", built on šuŋg "horse".
- TatankaBoyFrom Lakota tȟatȟáŋka: "male bison".
- WambliUnisexThe Lakota word for "eagle".
- WapashaBoyA Dakota compound of waȟpé, "leaf", and šá, "red", together "red leaf".
- WawatamBoyPossibly connected to an Ojibwe word for a wild goose, though no root for the name has been firmly established.
- ZitkalaGirlThe Lakota word for "bird".