Native American baby names
58 names with Native American roots, each one with what it actually means. 16 of them are still given to 40 or more babies a year.
In common use
Given to at least 40 babies a year in the US or England and Wales.
- Dakotafriends; allies2,330 a year · the US, 2017
- Cheyennepeople who speak an unintelligible language; a Native American people741 a year · the US, 2017
- Tallulahleaping water185 a year · England and Wales, 2025
- Shaniai am on my way101 a year · the US, 2017
- Dakotahfriends; allies; an alternative spelling of Dakota98 a year · the US, 2017
- Sequoiafrom the redwood tree; named after Sequoyah96 a year · the US, 2017
- Denalithe great one; Mount Denali86 a year · the US, 2017
- Shyanneunintelligible speakers; a form of Cheyenne83 a year · the US, 2017
- Creea Native American people and language23 a year · England and Wales, 2025
- Lakotafriend; people of the great plains80 a year · the US, 2017
- Alaskagreat land; geographical place name used as given name77 a year · the US, 2017
- Dakodafriends; allies; a modern respelling of Dakota77 a year · the US, 2017
- Winonafirstborn daughter24 a year · England and Wales, 2025
- Tennesseecoosa river; place name used as given name60 a year · the US, 2017
- Chaytonfalcon; a form of chatan54 a year · the US, 2017
- Senecapeople of the stone47 a year · the US, 2017
Rarer names
Fewer than 40 babies a year in either country — which often means a name in wide use somewhere the records do not reach.
- Ixchellady rainbow; goddess of the moon
- Talulahleaping water
- Topangawhere the mountain meets the sea
- Nizhonibeautiful
- Kansaspeople of the south wind; a kansa tribe
- Yumason of the chief; from the Yuma people
- Alabamaherb gatherers, vegetation gatherers
- Talularunning water
- Texasfriends; from Tejas people
- Geneseebeautiful valley or great valley
- Wynonafirstborn daughter; a form of Winona
- Sonomamoon; place name from California
- Tallulah-Roseleaping water; flower; a form of Tallulah with Rose
- Talullaleaping water; a variant of Tallulah
- Sheyenneunintelligible speakers; variant of Cheyenne
- Utahpeople of the mountains
- Cheveyospirit warrior; evoking ancestral power
- Kavikseagull
- Kiowakiowa people, plains tribe of north america
- Miccochief
- Shandiinsunshine or sunny
- Tulsacity name; possibly from muscogee talwa
- Dacotafriend or ally; a form of Dakota
- Eriepeople of the long tail
- Falacrow; a form of Fala Nauma
- Hialeahpretty prairie
- Lozenone who scouts or dreams
- Nakodafriendly people; self-designation of assiniboine nation
- Ontariogreat lake; place name used as given name
- Tacomamountain that is God; Mount Rainier
- Wenonahfirst daughter or maiden
- Yukongreat river
- Caneksnake; historical Maya ruler name
- Dakodahfriend; a form of Dakota
- Dakota-Raefriend with ewe lamb; compound of Dakota and Rae
- Dyamieagle in Tsalagi or related languages
- Matobear
- Nashobawolf
- Nodinwind spirit in sioux tradition
- Oneidastanding stone; people of the standing stone
- Sednagoddess of the sea and marine animals
- Taimaloud thunder; native american origin
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Play nowThis page gathers names our sources describe as Native American (Sioux), French (from Lakota), Choctaw, Ojibwe, Sioux, Cherokee, Native Alaskan and Algonquian and 18 other wordings. Different eras of the same language, filed together.