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NOTE: All the info I have on American Indian names is posted below, and I don't speak any American Indian language. Therefore please don't email me asking for translations or the meaning of other names, because I don't know. With apologies, such emails will be ignored.

Abequa (F)
Chippewa: Stays At Home

Abey (F)
Omaha: Leaf

Abeytu (F)
Omaha: Green Leaf

Acaraho (M)
Crow: Mountain

Adahy (M)
Cherokee: In the Woods

Adoeete (M)
Kiowa: Great Chief

Adoette (F)
Kiowa: Big Tree

Adriel (M)
Native American: Beaver

Adsila (F)
Cherokee: Blossom

Agasga (F)
Cherokee: Rain

Ahawi (F)
Cherokee: Deer

Ahdik (M)
Native American: Caribou

Ahiga (M)
Navajo: He Fights

Ahote (M)
Hopi: Restless One

Ahuli (M)
Cherokee: Drum

Ahyoka (F)
Cherokee: She brought happiness

Ajako (M)
Inuit

Akando (M)
Native American: Ambush

Akecheta (M)
Sioux: Warrior

Akule (M)
Native American: He looks up

Alagua (F)
Native American: Sweet Gum Tree

Aleqasina (F)
Inuit

Alo (M)
Hopi: Spiritual Guide

Altsoba (F)
Navajo: All at War

Ama (F)
Cherokee: Water

Amitola (F)
Native American: Rainbow

Anamosa (F)
Sauk: White Fawn

Anaukaq (M)
Inuit

Anevay (M)
Native American: Superior

Angeni (F)
Native American: Spirit

Angpetu (F)
Sioux: Day

Ankti (F)
Hopi: Repeat Dance

Anoki (M)
Actor

Apiatan (M)
Kiowa: Wooden Lance

Aponi (F)
Native American: Butterfly

Aquene (F)
Native American: Peace

Arapoosh (M)
Crow: Sour Stomach

Arnatkoak (M)
IglulikAskook (M)
Algonquin: Snake

Atepa (F)
Choctaw: Wigwam

Atsidi (M)
Navajo: Smith

Atsila (F)
Cherokee: Fire

Aviaq (M)
Inuit

Avonaco (M)
Cheyenne: Leaning Bear

Awan (M)
Native American: Somebody

Awenasa (F)
Cherokee: My Home

Awendela (F)
Native American: Morning

Awenita (F)
Native American: Fawn

Ayasha (F)
Chippewa: Little One

Ayita (F)
Cherokee: First in Dance

Ayunini (M)
Cherokee

Bena (F)
Native American: Pheasant

Beshkno (M)
Potawatomi: Bald Eagle

Bimisi (M)
Native American: ?

Bly (F)
Native American: Tall

Bonita (F)
Apache: Beautiful

Byhalia (F)
Choctaw: White Oaks Standing

Cameahwait (M)
Shoshone: He who never walks

Catori (F)
Hopi: Spirit

Chahta Imataha (M)
Choctaw

Chapa (F)
Sioux: Beaver

Chapawee (F)
Sioux: Busy

Chapowits (M)
Nez Perce: Many Coyotes

Chaska (M)
Sioux: Eldest son

Chayton (M)
Sioux: Falcon

Cheauka (M)
Hopi: Clay

Chemehuevi (F)
Paiute

Chepi (F)
Algonquin: Fairy

Cheveyo (M)
Hopi: Spirit Warrior

Chilam (F)
Native American: Snow Bird

Chitsa (F)
Native American: Fair

Chlumani (F)
Sioux: Dew
-> Chumani

Chogan (M)
Algonquin: Blackbird

Chunta (M)
Hopi: Cheating

Chuslum (M)
Nez Perce: Bull

Coahoma (F)
Choctaw: Red Panther

Cocheta (F)
Native American: That you cannot imagine

Cochise (M)
Apache: ?

Culchillum (M)
Salish

Dakota (M)
Dakota: Friend

Dasan (M)
Pomo: Leader of the Bird Clan

Deganawida (M)
Iroquois

Degataga (M)
Cherokee: Standing Together

Delsin (M)
Native American: He is so

Demothi (M)
Native American: Talks while walking

Dezba (F)
Navajo: Going To War

Dezba-?

Dichali (M)
Native American: Speaks a lot

Diwali (M)
Cherokee: Bowl

Dohasän (M)
Kiowa: Little Bluff

Dohate (M)
Kiowa: Bluff

Donehogawa (M)
Seneca: He who guards the gate of sunset

Dojiji (M)
Iroquois

Doli (F)
Navajo: bluebird

Donoma (F)
Omaha: Sun is there

Doya (F)
Cherokee: Beaver

Ehane (M)
Cheyenne: Our Father

Ehawee (F)
Sioux: She Laughs

Elan (M)
Friendly

Elu (F)
Full of Grace

Enapay (M)
Sioux: Goes out Bravely

Enola (F)
Native American: Solitary

Eskiminzin (M)
Apache

Etania (M)
Wealthy

Etenia (F)
Wealth

Ethete (F)
Arapaho: Good

Eyanosa (M)
Sioux: Tall/Big

Eyota (F)
Sioux: Great

Fala (F)
Choctaw: Crow

Gad (M)
Navajo: Juniper Tree

Gaho (F)
Native American: Mother

Gawonii (M)
Cherokee: He's Speaking

Gigyago (F)
Potawatomi: Girl

Goga (F)
Cherokee: Summer

Gola (F)
Cherokee: Winter

Gosheven (M)
Native American: Great Leaper

Gotara (M)
Kiowa

Guitonkagya (M)
Kiowa: Ringboned Wolf

Guyapi (M)
Native American: Frank

Hachi (F)
Seminole: Stream

Hahnee (M)
Native American: Beggar

Hakan (M)
Native American: Fiery

Halian (M)
Zuni: Young

Hania (M)
Hopi: Spirit Warrior

Haylaema (F)
Choctaw

Heinmot (M)
Nez Perce: Thunder

Helaku (F)
Native American: Sunny Day

Hemene (M)
Nez Perce: Wolf
= Heemeen
-> Heemeen Ilp Ilp (Red Wolf)

Heta (F)
Native American: Racer

Hialeah (F)
Seminole: Pretty Prairie

Hiamovi (M)
Cheyenne: High Chief

Hiawassee (F)
Cherokee: Meadow

Hiawatha (M)
Onondaga

Hinto (M)
Dakota: Blue

Hinun (M)
Native American: Clouds and Rain

Hohots (M)
Nez Perce: Bear

Hola (F)
Hopi: Seed Filled Club

Holata (M)
Seminole: Alligator

Honani (M)
Hopi: Badger

Honi (M)
Arapaho: Wolf

Honovi (F)
Hopi: Strong Deer

Hotah (M)
Sioux: White

Huata (F)
Moquelumnan: Basket Carrier

Humita (F)
Hopi: Shelled Corn

Hurritt (M)
Algonquin: Handsome

Husis Owyun (M)
Nez-percé

Imala (F)
Native American: discipline

In-who-lise (M)
Nez-percé

Inola (F)
Cherokee: Black Fox

Inteus (M)
Native American: Has No Shame

Ipai (M)
Diegueño

Isekemu (M)
Native American: Slow moving Creek

Isi (F)
Choctaw: Deer

Istaqa (M)
Hopi: Coyote Man

Istas (M)
Native American: Snow on the Ground

Istu (M)
Native American: Sugar

Ituha (M)
Native American: Sturdy Oak

Izusa (F)
Native American: White Stone

Jodrava (M)
Yuma

Kachada (M)
Hopi: White Man

Kachina (F)
Hopi: Spirit

Kaga (M)
Native American: Writer

Kaitchkona (M)
Modoc

Kajika (M)
Native American: Walks without sound

Kali (M)
Inuit

Kamali (F)
Mahona: Spirit Guide

Kamama (F)
Cherokee: Butterfly

Kamia (M)
Diegueño

Kangee (M)
Sioux: Raven

Kanunu (M)
Cherokee: Bullfrog

Karmita (F)
Native American: ?

Kasa (F)
Hopi: Dressed in Furs

Kasaan (F)
Native American: Pretty Flower

Kash-kash (F)
Cayuse

Kay, Kaya (F)
Hopi: elder (and wiser) sister

Keintpoos (M)
Modoc

Kele (M)
Hopi: Sparrow/Hawk

Kenda (F)
Dakota: Magical Powers

Keokuk (M)
Sauks

Keon Sagalon (M)
Carrier

Kesse/Kessie
Ashanti: Chubby Baby

Kewanee (F)
Potawatomi: Prairie Hen

Kibbe (F)
Native American: Bird in the Night

Kilchii (M)
Navajo: Red Boy

Kimilmela (F)
Sioux: Butterfly

Kinta (F)
Choctaw: Deer

Kintpuash (M)
Modoc

Kiona (F)
Native American: Brown Hills

Kishi (F)
Native American: Night

Kissunguaq (M)
Inuit

Kitdlaq (M)
Inuit

Kit Elswa
Haida

Kiyo'kaga (M)
Sauks

Kiyuga (F)
Cherokee: Chipmunk

Klah (M)
Navajo: Left Handed

Knoton (M)
Native American: Wind

Kohana (M)
Sioux: Swift

Koi (M)
Choctaw: Panther

Koko (F)
Native American: Night

Kokotni (M)
Potawatomi: Alligator

Kosa (F)
Cheyenne: Sheep

Kotori (M)
Hopi: Screech Owl Spirit

Kumeyaay (M)
Diegueño

Kupt (F)
Cayuse

Kuruk (M)
Pawnee: Bear

Kwahu (M)
Hopi: Eagle

Lallo (M)
Kiowa: Little Boy

Langundo (M)
Native American: Peaceful

Lansa (M)
Hopi: Lance

Lanyade (M)
Zuni

Len (M)
Hopi: Flute

Lenmana (F)
Hopi: Flute Girl

Leotie (F)
Native American: Prairie Flower

Lesharo (M)
Pawnee: Chief

Lieta (F)
Pima

Lonan (M)
Zuni: Cloud

Macawi (F)
Dakota: Generous

Magaskawee (F)
Sioux: Swan Girl

Magua (M)
Mohawk

Mahkah (M)
Sioux: Earth

Mahpee (M)
Sioux: Sky

Mai (F)
Native American: Coyote

Maka (F)
Sioux: Earth

Makawee (F)
Sioux: Generous/Motherly

Makya (M)
Hopi: Eagle Hunter

Malia (F)
Native American: Bitter

Mammedaty (M)
Kiowa: Walking Above

Manishee (M)
Sioux: Unable to work

Mansi (F)
Hopi: Plucked Flower

Maralah (F)
Native American: Born During an Earthquake

Maripaluk (M)
Inuit

Maska (M)
Native American: Strong

Mato (M)
Sioux: Brave

Matoskah (M)
Sioux: White Bear

Menewa (M)
Creek: Great Warrior

Metacom (M)
Wanpanoag

Micanopy (M)
Seminole: Head Chief

Micco (M)
Seminole: Chief

Migisi (F)
Chippewa: Eagle

Mika (M)
Ponca: Raccoon

Mikasi (M)
Hokan: White Moon

Mikasi (M)
Omaha: Coyote

Mina (F)
Sioux: Oldest Daughter

Minal (F)
Native American: Fruit

Minco (M)
Choctaw: Chief

Minda (F)
Native American: Knowledge

Minya (F)
Osage: Older Sister

Misae (F)
Osage: White Hot Sun

Mitena (F)
Ojibway: Born at the New Moon

Mitena (F)
Omaha: Born at the New Moon

Mohe (M)
Cherokee: Elk

Moki (M)
Hopi: Deer

Motega (F)
Native American: New Arrow

Motsqueh (M)
Nez Perce: Chipmunk

Muna (F)
Hopi: Overflowing Spring

Nahimana (F)
Dakota: Mystic

Nakai (M)
Navajo: Mexican

Nakos (M)
Arapaho: Sagebrush

Namid/Namida
Chippewa: Star Dancer

Nampeyo (F)
Hopi: Snake Girl

Nantan (M)
Apache: Spokesman

Nara (F)
Native American: From Nara

Nascha (F)
Navajo: Owl

Nashashuk (M)
Sauk: Loud Thunder

Nashoba (M)
Choctaw: Wolf

Nashota (F)
Native American: Twin

Nastas (M)
Navajo: Curved like foxtail grass

Natane (F)
Arapaho: Daughter

Nawissatken (M)
Thompson

Ne Shiw Shkak (M)
Potawatomi

Neakyapamuseoa (M)
Thompson

Neche (F)
Ojibway: Friend

Neka (M)
Native American: Wild Goose

Nekoma (F)
Chippewa: Grandmother

Niabi (F)
Osage: Fawn

Nikan (M)
Potawatomi: Friend

Nikita (M)
Native American: Round and Smooth

Nimeda (F)
Potawatomi: Dance

Nina (F)
Native American: Mighty

Ninovan (M,F)
Cherokee: Our Home

Nita (F)
Choctaw: Bear

Nokomis (F)
Chippewa: Grandmother

Nokosi (M)
Seminole: Bear

Nova (F)
Hopi: Chases Butterfly

Now-on-dhu-go (M)
Ottawa

Noya (F)
Cherokee: Sand

Nuka (M)
Inuit

Nuna (F)
Native American: Land

Odakotah (M)
Sioux: Friends

Ogaki (M)
Arapaho: Crow

Ogama (M)
Potawatomi: Chief

Ogima (M)
Chippewa: Chief

Ogin (F)
Native American: Wild Rose

Ohanzee (M)
Sioux: Shadow

Ohitekah (M)
Sioux: Brave

Ohiyesa (M)
Sioux: Winner

Okemos (M)
Ojibway: Little Chief

Okomi (M)
Arapaho: Coyote

Ollokot (M)
Nez-percé

Onacoma (M)
Cherokee: White Owl

Onaiwah (F)
Ojibway: Pigeon/Dove

Onatah (F)
Iroquois: Daughter of the Earth and Corn Spirit

Onawa (F)
Native American: Wide Awake

Onida (F)
Native American: The One Searched For

Ongewasgone (M)
Mohawk

Ootah (M)
Inuit

Opa (F)
Choctaw: Owl

Opechancanough (M)
Algonquin: he whose soul is white

Orenda (F)
Iroquois: Magical Power

Osceola (M)
Creek: Black Drink Crier

Ostotpoo (M)
Nez-Percé

Osyka (F)
Choctaw: Eagle

Otaktay (M)
Sioux: Kills Many

Otisskun (M)
Cree

Otskai (M)
Nez Perce: Going Out

Ouray (M)
Ute: Arrow

Oya (F)
Moquelumnan: Called Forth

Pa-akanti (M)
Kiowa: Rough Bull

Paco (M)
Native American: Eagle

Padalti (M)
Kiowa

Padohgai (M)
Kiowa

Pahana (M)
Hopi: Last White Brother

Pakwa (F)
Hopi: Frog

Pamuy (F)
Hopi: Water Moon

Pana (F)
Blackfoot: Partridge

Panola (F)
Choctaw: Cotton

Pat (M)
Native American: Fish

Patamon (M)
Native American: Tempest

Patwin (M)
Native American: Man

Pavati (F)
Hopi: Clear Water

Pawaqa (F)
Hopi: Witch

Pay, Payat (M)
Native American: He is coming

Paytah (M)
Native American: Fire

Pazi (F)
Ponca: Yellow Bird

Peopeo (M)
Nez Perce: Bird
-> Peopeo Tholekt

Petalesharo (M)
Pwanee

Pezi (M)
Sioux: Grass

Pilan (M)
Native American: Supreme Essence

Poloma (F)
Choctaw: Bow

Pontiac (M)
Ottawa

Popé (M)
Tewa

Puis (M)
Carrier

Puto (F)
Inuit

Qaletaqa (M)
Hopi: Guardian of the People

Quanah (F)
Apache: Fragrant

Quanah (F)
Comanche: Fragrant

Rozene (F)
Native American: Rose Blossom

Sacajawea (F)
Shoshone: Bird-woman
Sadzi (F)
Carrier: Disposition

Sagoyewatha (M)
Seneca

Sahale (M)
Native American: Falcon

Sahkonteic (M)
Nez Perce: White Eagle

Sahpooly (F)
Kiowa: Owl

Sakuruta (M)
Pawnee: Coming Sun

Salali (F)
Cherokee: Squirrel

Salchaket (M)
Native American: Mouth of a Salcha

Sani (M)
Navajo: Old

Saouandanancous (M)
Iroquois

Sapata (F)
Native American: Dancing Bear

Sasa (F)
Cherokee: Goose

Satank (M)
Kiowa

Satanta (M)
Kiowa: White Bear

Satinka (F)
Native American: Magic Dancer

Saukamappe (M)
Piegan

Sawni/Suwanee (F)
Seminole: Echo

Schonchin (M)
Modoc

Sekanis (M)
Carrier

Sequoyah (M)
Cherokee: Sparrow

Setängya (M)
Kiowa: Sitting Bear

Setäpeto (M)
Kiowa

Setimika (M)
Kiowa: Charging Bear

Setongya (M)
Kiowa: Sitting Bear

Shada (F)
Salish: Pelican

Shanawdithit (F)
Beothuk

Shappa (M)
Sioux: Red Thunder

Sharitarish (M)
Mohawk

Shenandoah (F)
Algonquian-Wakashian: Beautiful star daughter; maybe spruce-lined stream or vast prairie.
-> Shannondoah, Shannondoeh

Shilah (M)
Navajo: Brother

Shiriki (M)
Pawnee: Coyote

Shiye (M)
Navajo: Son

Shuman (F)
Hopi: Rattlesnake Handler

Sihu (F)
Hopi: Flower

Sikari (F)
Native American: Sweet

Sike (M)
Navajo: He sits at Home

Sinopa (F)
Blackfoot: Fox

Sinopa (F)
Cayuse: Fox Cub

Sinte Maza (M)
Sioux: Iron Trail

Sisika (F)
Bird

Sitka (M)
Tlingit

Skah (M)
Sioux: White

Skenandoa (F)
Iroquois: Deer

Slana (F)
Native American: Alaskan Indian Village

Soyala (F)
Hopi: Winter Solstice

Stickwan (M)
Ahtna

Sugmuk (M)
Potawatomi: Earth

Sugnog (M)
Potawatomi: Blackbird

Suni (F)
Zuni: Native Tribal Member

Sunki (F)
Hopi: Catch up with

Sye-cui-sall (F)
Maricopa

Tablita (F)
Hopi: Tiara

Taci (F)
Zuni: Washtub

Tadewi (F)
Omaha: Wind

Tahatan (M)
Sioux: Hawk

Taheton (M)
Sioux: Crow

Tahoma (M)
Navajo: Waters Edge

Taini (F)
Omaha: New Moon

Takala (F)
Hopi: Corn Tassel

Talisa (F)
Creek: Beautiful Water

Tallulah (F)
Choctaw: Leaping Water

Tansy (F)
Hopi: Flower Name

Tashunka (M)
Sioux: Horse

Tate (M)
Native American: He who Talks Too Much

Tatonga (M)
Sioux: Large Deer

Tau-gu (M)
Paiute

Tavfinguaq (F)
Inuit

Tavibo (M)
Paiute

Tawa (M)
Hopi: Sun

Tayanita (F)
Cherokee: Young Beaver

Tehya (F)
Native American: Predous

Texas (M)
Native American: Friend

Tipai (M)
Diegueños

Tiva (F)
Hopi: Dance

Tiwa (F)
Zuni: Onion

Todi (M)
Omaha: Wind

Tohona (F)
Native American: River

Tokala (M)
Dakota: Fox

Tokota (M)
Sioux: Friends to everyone

Tonasa (F)
Comanche

Too-hool-hool-zote (M)
Nez-percé

Too-ya-la-kekt (M)
Nez-Percé: Thunder arriving on the plain

Toski (F)
Hopi: Squash Bug

Totsi (F)
Hopi: Moccasins

Tsela (M)
Navajo: Stars Lying Down

Tsenbo (M)
Kiowa

Tsiyi (M)
Cherokee: Canoe

Tsoai (M)
Kiowa: Rock Tree

Tsolocha (M)
Cherokee

Tsomah (F)
Kiowa: Yellow Hair

Tsula (F)
Cherokee: Fox

Tuari (M)
Hokan: Young Eagle

Tu-eka-kas (M)
Nez-percé

Tula (F)
Choctaw: Peak

Tum-se-ne-ho (M)
Spokane: The Man Who Has No Blood

Tutok (M)
Aleut

Tuwa (F)
Hopi: Earth

Tyee (M)
Bannock: Chief

Una (F)
Hopi: Remember

Unaduti (M)
Cherokee: Wooly Headed

Urika (F)
Omaha: Useful

Usdi (F)
Cherokee: Baby

Usti (M)
Cherokee: Little

Utina (F)
Native American: Woman of my Country

Utse-tah-wah-ti-an-kah (M)
Osage

Viho (M)
Cheyenne: Chief

Waban (M)
Native American: East Wind

Waboyan (M)
Potawatomi: Blanket

Wachiwi (F)
Sioux: Dancing Girl

Wah-com-mo (M)
Fox: Fast walker

Wahlitits (M)
Nez-percé

Wahunsonacook (M)
Algonquin

Waki (F)
Hopi: Shelter

Wakusásse (M)
Fox

Wanekia (F)
Paiute: Makes Life

Waneta (M)
Sioux: Charger

Wansutta (M)
Wanpanoag

Wapin (F)
Potawatomi: Dawn

Wapti (M)
Potawatomi: Antelope

Washakie (M)
Shoshone

Washin-ha (M)
Osage

Washta (F)
Sioux: Good

Wasula (F)
Native American: ?

Watseka (F)
Potawatomi: Pretty Woman

Wattan (M)
Arapaho: Black

Waunthoak (F)
Beothuk

Waya (M)
Cherokee: Wolf

Weayaya (F)
Sioux: Sunset

Weeko (F)
Dakota: Pretty Girl

Weetamoo (F)
Pocassets

Wesa (M)
Cherokee: Cat

Whakan (M)
Sioux: Sacred

Wicasa (M)
Dakota: Sage

Wichapi (F)
Sioux: Star

Wikvaya (M)
Hopi: One who Brings

Winneshiek (M)
Winnebago

Winona (F)
Sioux: First born daughter
->Wenona

Wis Ki Gete (M)
Potawatomi: Rising Smoke

Wohali (M)
Cherokee: Eagle

Wovoka (M)
Paiute

Woya (F)
Cherokee: Dove

Yaholo (M)
Creek: Crier

Yakez (M)
Carrier: Heaven

Yamka (F)
Hopi: Blossom

Yanaha (F)
Navajo: She Meets the Enemy

Yansa (M)
Cherokee: Buffalo

Yepa (F)
Native American: Snow woman

Yiska (M)
Navajo: The Night Has Passed

Yoki (F)
Hopi: Rain

Yona (F)
Cherokee: Bear

Yoomee (F)
Coos: Star

Zaltana (F)
Native American: High Mountain

Zihna (F)
Hopi: Spinning

Ziracuny (F)
Kiowa: Water Monster

Zitkala (F)
Sioux: Bird

Zonta (F)
Sioux: Trusted

Zotom (M)
Kiowa: Biter

Compiled by Joumana Medlej.