Baby Names - Here we go again

[NDNQt]

One of my girlfriends is expecting a lil girl the end of March and wants some suggestions for names (SERIOUS SUGGESTIONS ONLY!!!) - the baby will only be like 1/4 Native but she would like a native name - the middle name is Duncan (her maiden name) and the last name Short (her married name) - so it will be ?? Duncan Short. I knew my powwows.com family would be more than happy to help!:Help

[tanananative]

I dont know how accurate these are, but its the list that I had for when I wanted a native name for my daughter ( we picked Aiyana) also if she goes online there are tons of them, thats where I got most of these... sorry for the length!!!!

ABEQUA, ABEQUE: Cheyenne name meaning "stays at home."
ABETZI: Omaha name meaning " yellow leaf."
ABEY: Omaha name meaning " leaf."
ADOETTE: large tree
ADSILA: Cherokee name meaning "blossom."
AIYANA: eternal blossom
ALAMEDA: grove of cottonwood
ALAQUA: sweet gum tree
ALAWA: Algonquin name meaning "pea."
ALSOOMSE: Algonquin name meaning "independent."
ALTSOBA: Navajo name meaning "all war."
AMADAHY: Cherokee name meaning "forest water."
AMAYETA: Miwok name. Meaning is unknown
AMITOLA: rainbow
ANABA: Navajo name meaning "returns from war."
ANEVAY: superior
ANGENI: spirit
ANGWUSNASOMTAQA: Hopi name meaning "crow mother spirit."
ANKTI: Hopi name meaning "repeat dance."
ANNA: Algonquin name meaning "mother."
ANPAYTOO: Sioux name meaning " radiant."
APONI: butterfly
AQUENE: peace
ASDZA: Navajo name meaning "woman."
AT'EED: Navajo name meaning "girl."
ATEPA: Choctaw name meaning "wigwam."
AWANATA: Miwok name meaning " turtle."
AWENASA: Cherokee name meaning "my home."
AWENDELA: morning
AWINITA: Cherokee name meaning "fawn."
AYASHE, AYASHA: Cheyenne name meaning "little one."
AYITA: Cherokee name meaning "first to dance."
BLY: tall
CATORI: Hopi name meaning "spirit."
CHA'KWAINA: Hopi name meaning "one who cries."
CHA'RISA: Hopi name meaning "elk."
CHAPA: Sioux name meaning " beaver."
CHENOA: dove
CHEPI: Algonquin name meaning "fairy."
CHILAILI: snowbird
CHIMALIS: bluebird
CHITSA: fair
CHOCHMINGWU: Hopi name meaning "corn mother."
CHOLENA: bird
CHOSOVI: Hopi name meaning "bluebird."
CHOSPOSI: Hopi name meaning "bluebird eye."
CHU'MANA: Hopi name meaning "snake maiden."
CHU'SI: Hopi name meaning "snake flower."
CHUMANI: Sioux name meaning " dewdrops."
DENA: valley
DEZBA: Navajo name meaning "goes to war."
DIBE: Navajo name meaning " sheep."
DOBA: Navajo name meaning " no war."
DOLI: Navajo name meaning " bluebird."
DONOMA: Omaha name meaning " sight of the sun."
DYANI: deer
EHAWEE: Sioux name meaning " laughing maiden."
ENOLA: solitary
ETENIA: rich
EYOTA: great
FALA: Choctaw name meaning "crow."
GAHO: mother
GALILAHI: Cherokee name meaning "attractive."
HAKIDONMUYA: Hopi name meaning "time of waiting moon."
HALOKE: Navajo name meaning " salmon."
HALONA: of happy fortune
HANTAYWEE: Sioux name meaning " faithful."
HAUSIS, HAUSISSE: Algonquin name meaning "old woman."
HEHEWUTI: Hopi name meaning "warrior mother spirit."
HELKI: Miwok name meaning " touch."
HONOVI: Hopi name meaning "strong deer."
HUATA: Miwok name meaning " carrying seeds in a basket."
HUMITA: Hopi name meaning "shelled corn."
HURIT: Algonquin name meaning "beautiful."
HUYANA: Miwok name meaning " falling rain."
IMALA: disciplines
ISI: Choctaw name meaning "deer."
ISTAS: snow
ITUHA: sturdy oak
ITUHA: white stone
KACHINA: Hopi name meaning "spirit, sacred dancer."
KAI: Navajo name meaning " willow tree."
KALISKA: Miwok name meaning " coyote chasing deer."
KANTI: Algonquin name meaning "sings."
KASA: Hopi name meaning "dressed in furs."
KAYA: Hopi name meaning "elder sister."
KIMAMA: Shoshone name meaning "butterfly."
KIMI: Algonquin name meaning "secret."
KIMIMELA: Sioux name meaning " butterfly."
KINEKS: rosebud
KIWIDINOK: Cheyenne name meaning "of the wind."
KOKO: Blackfoot name meaning "night."
KOKYANGWUTI: Hopi name meaning "spider woman at middle-age."
KUWANLELENTA: Hopi name meaning "to make beautiful surroundings."
KUWANYAMTIWA: Hopi name meaning "beautiful badger going over the hill."
KUWANYAUMA: Hopi name meaning "butterfly showing beautiful wings."
LEOTIE: flower of the prairie
LENMANA: Hopi name meaning "flute girl."
LILUYE: Miwok name meaning " singing chicken hawk that soars."
LISELI: Zuni name. Meaning unknown
LITONYA: Miwok name meaning " darting hummingbird."
LOMAHONGVA: Hopi name meaning "beautiful clouds arising."
LOMASI: pretty flower
LUYU: wild dove
MACAWI: Sioux name meaning " generous."
MAGASKAWEE: Sioux name meaning " graceful."
MAGENA: moon
MAHAL: woman
MAHU: Hopi myth name.
MAI: coyote
MAKA: Sioux name meaning " earth."
MAKAWEE: Sioux name meaning " mothering."
MALIA: Zuni name meaning " bitter."
MALILA: Miwok name meaning " fast salmon swimming up a rippling stream."
MANABA: Navajo name meaning " return to war."
MANSI: Hopi name meaning "plucked flower."
MAPIYA: Sioux name meaning " sky."
MARALAH: born during an earthquake
MAUSI: plucks flowers
MEDA: prophetess
MELI: Zuni name meaning " bitter."
MEMDI: henna
MEOQUANEE: Cheyenne name meaning "wears red."
MIGISI: Cheyenne name meaning "eagle."
MIAKODA: power of the moon
MIGINA: Omaha name meaning " returning moon."
MIKA: intelligent raccoon
MIMITEH: Omaha name meaning " new moon."
MINAL: fruit
MISAE: Osage name meaning "white sun."
MITUNA: Miwok name meaning " wraps salmon in willow leaves."
MONA: gathered of the seed of a jimson weed
MOSI: Navajo name meaning " cat."
MUNA: Hopi name meaning "overflowing spring."
NADIE: Algonquin name meaning "wise."
NAHIMANA: Sioux name meaning " mystic."
NAMID: Cheyenne name meaning "star dancer."
NARA: from Nara
NASCHA: Navajo name meaning " owl."
NASHOTA: twin
NATA: speaker
NIABI: Osage name meaning "fawn."
NIDAWI: Omaha name meaning " fairy."
NIJLON: Algonquin name meaning "mistress."
NINA: strong
NITA: Choctaw name meaning "bear."
NITUNA: daughter
NOKOMIS: Cheyenne name meaning "grandmother."
NOVA: Hopi name meaning "chases butterfly."
NUMEES: Algonquin name meaning "sister."
NUNA: land
NUTTAH: Algonquin name meaning "my heart."
ODAHINGUM: Cheyenne name meaning "rippling water."
OGIN: wild rose
OLATHE: beautiful
OMINOTAGO: Cheyenne name meaning "beautiful voice."
OMUSA: Miwok name meaning " misses with arrows."
ONATAH: Iroquois name meaning "of the earth."
ONAWA: wide awake
ONIDA: the one searched for
OOLJEE: Navajo name meaning " moon."
OOTA DABUN: Algonquin name meaning "day star."
ORENDA: Iroquois name meaning "magic power."
PAKWA: Hopi name meaning " frog."
PAKUNA: Miwok name meaning " deer jumping downhill."
PAMUYA: Hopi name meaning " water moon."
PAPINA: Miwok name meaning " vine growing around an oak tree."
PATI: Miwok name meaning " break by twisting."
PAUWAU: Algonquin name meaning " witch."
PAVATI: Hopi name meaning " clear water."
PETA: Blackfoot name meaning " golden eagle."
PETUNIA: flower name
POLIKWAPTIWA: Hopi name meaning " butterfly sitting on a flower."
POLOMA: Choctaw name meaning " bow."
POSALA: Miwok name meaning " farewell to spring flowers."
POWAQA: Hopi name meaning " witch."
PTAYSANWEE: Sioux name meaning " white buffalo."
PULES: Algonquin name meaning "pigeon."
ROZENE: rose
SAHKYO: Navajo name meaning " mink."
SALALI: Cherokee name meaning "squirrel."
SANUYE: Miwok name meaning " red cloud at sundown."
SATINKA: magical dancer
SHADA: pelican
SHADI: Navajo name meaning " older sister."
SHESHEBENS: Cheyenne name meaning "small duck."
SHIDEEZHI: Navajo name meaning " younger sister."
SHIMA: Navajo name meaning " mother."
SHIMASANI: Navajo name meaning " grandmother."
SHUMAN: Hopi name meaning " rattlesnake handler."
SIHU: Hopi name meaning " flower."
SINOPA: Blackfoot name meaning "fox."
SISIKA: bird
SITALA: Miwok name meaning " of good memory."
SITSI: Navajo name meaning " daughter."
SOKANON: Algonquin name meaning "rain."
SOKW: Algonquin name meaning "sour."
SOOLEAWA: Algonquin name meaning "silver."
SOYALA: Hopi name meaning " time of the winter solstice."
SULETU: Miwok name meaning " flies."
SUNKI: Hopi name meaning " to catch up with."
TABLITA: Hopi name meaning " tiara."
TADEWI: Omaha name meaning " wind."
TADITA: Omaha name meaning " one who runs."
TAIGI, TAINI: Omaha name meaning " returning moon."
TAIMA: thunder
TAIPA: Miwok name meaning " spread wings."
TAKALA: Hopi name meaning " corn tassel."
TAKCHAWEE: Sioux name meaning " doe."
TAKHI: Algonquin name meaning "cold."
TALA: wolf
TALULAH: Choctaw name meaning "leaping water."
TALUTAH: Sioux name meaning " blood-red."
TAMA: thunder
TANSY: Hopi name meaning " name of a flower."
TAYANITA: Cherokee name meaning "young beaver."
TEHYA: precious
TIPONI: Hopi name meaning " child of importance."
TIS-SEE-WOO-NA-TIS: Cheyenne name meaning "she who bathes with her knees."
TIVA: Hopi name meaning " dance."
TOLINKA: Miwok name meaning " flapping ear of a coyote."
TOTSI: Hopi name meaning " moccasins."
TUWA: Hopi name meaning " earth."
UNA: Hopi name meaning " remember."
URIKA: Omaha name meaning " useful to all."
UTINA: meaning unknown
WACHIWI: Sioux name meaning " dancer."
WAKANDA: Sioux name meaning " possesses magical power."
WAKI: Hopi name meaning " shelter."
WANETA: charger
WAUNA: Miwok name meaning " singing snow goose."
WEEKO: Sioux name meaning " pretty."
WENONA: firstborn daughter
WICAPI WAKAN: Dakota name meaning "holy star."
WIHAKAYDA: Sioux name meaning " little one."
WIKIMAK: Algonquin name meaning "wife."
WINEMA: chief
WINONA, WENONA, WENONAH: Sioux name meaning "giving."
WITASHNAH: Sioux name meaning " virginal."
WUTI: Hopi name meaning " woman."
WYANET: beautiful
YAMKA: Hopi name meaning " blossom."
YAZHI: Navajo name meaning " little one."
YEPA: snow woman
YOKI: Hopi name meaning " rain."
ZALTANA: high mountain
ZIHNA: Hopi name meaning " spins."
ZITKALA: Dakota name meaning "bird."

[saukpuppet]

Originally posted by tanananative

WEEKO: Sioux name meaning " pretty."

yeah that'll be a good first name lol pretty short

[tanananative]

yeah I have noticed some of them are sort of ~odd~ ;)

[saukpuppet]

yeah w/ the last name short....their doomed no matter what u name them

[tanananative]

there are a couple that sound ok, like Malia, Angeni, Imala, and Taima.... at least to me!!!!

[ndn_butterfly]

Mikwan (pronounced mee-gwan)- Cree word for Feather
no wait thats my babygirls name..you can't take it:p lol jk

Kimowan (don't pronounce it kimowin or it will be a dirty word):Chatter ..it means "RAIN" in cree

that's all I can think of..i'm tired:p

check out babynames.com
and search under "NATIVE AMERICAN" for the origin and what not..comes up with some names

[NDNQt]

Thanks!

Thanks - I emailed her this page~I knew I could count on my fellow .com'ers

[native_doll06]

I absolutely love the name Aiyana I've loved it forever!! when I have a daughter I wanna name her Aiyana Miakoda

[Six_Nations_Sweety]

I think the Name
LADAYA sounds good.
Ladaya Duncan Short...I dont think its 'native' but its a nice name...

[Siouxper_Bunz]

ya i think that Ladaya sounds like a good name , pretty name too

[Grits & Beans]

Nokomis is grandmother in ojibwe, not cheyenne.

Migizi is eagle in ojibwe, not cheyenne.

So what did she name the kid btw?

[Blackbear]

I thought Winona was lakota for first born daughter... And the name leotie is close to my cousin's name which is Leota and means little flower

[Smokin' Ace]

I think it is cool that all those names were posted - but I really like that Ladaya name - that is beautimous!!! :49:

[Gache]

This is a load of crock, most of those cheyenne names are not real but made up. For instance we dont have a B in our language good grief ABEQUA this is rediculous