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| Title: | A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy) |
| Notice: | BABYNAMES is now on-line and writable! Enjoy... |
| Moderator: | OASS::BURDEN_D |
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| Created: | Tue Feb 13 1996 |
| Last Modified: | Fri May 30 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 996 |
| Total number of notes: | 7139 |
852.0. "American Indian names..." by AMCUCS::MEHRING () Fri Jan 15 1993 19:38
I happened to come across a list of North American Indian names, and here
are some of the interesting-but-not-too-outlandish ones for girls (some of
the meanings are quite amusing...):
Abey (Omaha) leaf
Aleshanee (Coos Indian) she plays all the time
Amitola rainbow
Aponi butterfly
Ayita (Cherokee) first in the dance
Bena pheasant
Chapa (Sioux) beaver
Chenoa white dove
Chilali snowbird
Chimalis bluebird
Chitsa fair one
Cholena (Delaware) bird
Dena a valley
Donoma (Omaha) visible sun
Dyani a deer
Elu (Zuni) beautiful, fair
Fala (Choctaw) crow
Flo like an arrow
Halona of happy fortune
Helki (Miwok) to touch
Honovi (Hopi) strong deer
Isi (Choctaw) deer
Istas snow
Kai (Navaho) willow tree
Kasa (Hopi) furrobe dress
Kaya (Hopi) my elder sister
Kimama (Shoshone) butterfly
Kirima (Eskimo) a hill
Koko (Blackfoot) night
Leotie prairie flower
Lulu rabbit
Lusela (Miwok) bear swinging its foot when licking it
Lusita (Zuni) bringer of light
Luyu the wild dove
Mai coyote
Maka (Sioux) earth
Malia (Zuni) bitter
Malila (Miwok) salmon going fast up a rippling stream
Mika the knowing racoon
Namid (Chippewa) the star dancer
Niabi (Osage) fawn
Nina mighty
Ninita (Zuni) little girl
Nova (Hopi) chasing a butterfly
Odina mountain
Orenda (Iroquois) magic power
Pelipa (Zuni) lover of horses
Peta (Blackfoot) golden eagle
Rozene the rose
Tadita (Omaha) a runner
Tala wolf
Talula (Choctaw) leaping water
Tansy (Hopi) flower name
Tasida (Sarcee) a rider
Tolikna (Miwok) coyote's long ear flapping
Wasula (Sioux) little hailstorm
Weeko (Sioux) pretty girl
Wenona first-born daughter
Yepa snow maiden
Zaltana high mountain
Okay, since you'll probably ask anyways, here are some for boys (good thing
I'm a quick typist!):
Chayton (Sioux) falcon
Dasan (Pomo) leader of the bird clan
Dyami an eagle
Elsu falcon flying
Enli (Dene) that dog over there
Iye (EE-yeh) smoke
Jacy (Tupi-Guarani) the moon
Kele (Hopi) sparrow hawk
Kono (Miwok) a tree squirrel biting through a pine nut
Len (Hopi) flute
Lenno man
Lokni (Miwok) rain coming through a small hole in the roof
Lonan (Zuni) cloud
Melvern great chief
Mika (Ponca) raccoon
Ouray the arrow
Tadi (Omaha) wind
Tate windy
Tokala (Dakota) fox
Tuari (Laguna) young eagle
Tukuli (Miwok) caterpillar travelling down a tree
Tumu (Miwok) deer thinking about going to eat wild onions
Viho (Cheyenne) chief
Waban the east wind
Yahto (Sioux) blue
Yuma son of a chief
| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 852.1 | (reply to note 822) | AMCUCS::MEHRING | | Mon Jan 18 1993 17:00 | 1 |
| Oops, this was meant as a reply to note 822...
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| 852.2 | Lukia | CSC32::L_WHITMORE | | Sun May 22 1994 16:13 | 6 |
| There is a little girl in my neice's brownie troup with a beautiful
name that sounds like it could be Native American - it is Lukia (with
a long "i" sound) - her nickname is Lucky. I think it's a wonderful
name! Does anyone know it's origin or meaning?
Lila
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