Felie's Personal Name List

Name of a specific type of fast, dry mountain wind in Argentina. The name comes from a valley in San Juan Province, Argentina. Both the valley and the wind are related to an Indigenous people Ullum-Zonda similar to the Huarpe people.

Etymology uncertain.

It could be the feminine form of an Arabic name that sounds like Zafrin or a variant of Zeferina. The name can also be created by Stephenie Meyer for her book 'Breaking Dawn' (2008) where the character is an Indigenous American woman from Pantanal wetlands, Amazon, South America so there is a possibility that is actually an Indigenous name.

Means "rain" in Hopi.

Yeeralparil is a main character in Australian film "Ten Canoes".

Means "little" in Navajo.

Meaning uncertain, said to mean "the flower that arrived" in Zapotec.

Possibly means "having no one in front of him in the canoe" in Nuu-chah-nulth. This was the name of a chief of the Clayoquot in the late 18th century, at the time of European contact.

From Lakota wičháȟpi "star" and wakȟáŋ "sacred, holy".

Means "star" in Maori.

Means "eagle, falcon" in Quechua.

Means "good luck" in Maori.

From Tahitian vai "water" and here "loved, dear".

Means "rain" (literally "water of the clouds"), from Tahitian vai meaning "water" and ata meaning "cloud".

Means "water cave" or "rock water" in Tahitian, from the phrase vai ana o te mato teitei meaning "water from the cave of the high rock".

Variant of Iara.

Means "lord of the spear" in Tupi, from ybyra "wood, stick, spear" and îara "lord, master". This is the name of an 1874 novel by José de Alencar.

Means "wild thyme" in Greenlandic [1].

Means "white knife" in Comanche, derived from tosa- "white" and wihi "knife" [1]. This name was borne by a 19th-century Penateka Comanche chief.

Means "earth, land, soil" in Nahuatl [1].

Means "cottonwood" in Navajo.

Means "flower" in Tahitian, also specifically referring to the species Gardenia taitensis.

Means "panther passing across" in Shawnee. This name was borne by the Shawnee leader Tecumseh (1768-1813), who resisted American expansion along with his brother the spiritual leader Tenskwatawa.

From Lakota Tȟašúŋke meaning "his horse". This is found in Tȟašúŋke Witkó, the original Lakota name of the Oglala leader known to the English-speaking world as Crazy Horse (c.1842-1877).

From Lakota Tȟašuŋke meaning "his horse", derived from šuŋg "horse". This forms the first part of the name of Tasunka Witko (1840-1877), translated as Crazy Horse, a Lakota war leader.

Means "man" in Maori. In Maori and other Polynesian mythology Tāne was the god of forests and light. He was the son of the sky god Rangi and the earth goddess Papa, who were locked in an embrace and finally separated by their son. He created the tui bird and, by some accounts, man.

Means "rain" in Quechua.

Means "son, boy" in Maori.

This is the name of waterfalls in Georgia. Popularly claimed to mean "leaping waters" in the Choctaw language, it may actually mean "town" in the Creek language. It was borne by American actress Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968), who was named after her grandmother, who may have been named after the waterfalls.

Means "cold" in Algonquin.

Means "the rather huge one" in Greenlandic.

Means "friend" in Navajo.

Means "grandfather" in Navajo.

Means "father" in Navajo.

Means "son" in Navajo.

From Japanese 志 (shi) meaning "purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition" combined with 麻 (ma) meaning "flax", 馬 (ma) meaning "horse", 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine", 万 (ma) meaning "very many" or 茉 (ma) meaning "white jasmine". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Means "brother" in Navajo.

Means "feather" in Choctaw.

Means "the old one" in Navajo.

Variant of Sacnicte.

Means "white plumeria flower", from Yucatec Maya sak "white" and nikte' "plumeria flower".

Means "teardrop" in Maori.

Ridjimiraril is a main character in Australian film "Ten Canoes".

Means "sky" in Maori. In Maori and other Polynesian mythology Rangi or Ranginui was a god of the sky, husband of the earth goddess Papa. They were locked in a crushing embrace but were eventually separated by their children, the other gods.

Possibly from Mapuche küde meaning "burning torch".

Means "sweet little thing who belongs to me" in Greenlandic [1].

Greenlandic younger form of Palíka.

Variant of Farîtaríka.

Means "family" in Hawaiian.

An Inuit name. This is the name of an Inuit woman in the movie: "The Journey Home".

Nowalingu is a main character in Australian film "Ten Canoes".

From Navajo nizhóní meaning "beautiful" [1].

Means "wind" in Navajo.

Means "bear" in Choctaw.

Means "fire" in Quechua and Aymara.

From the name of a type of palm tree found in New Zealand (species Rhopalostylis sapida).

Possibly from the name of the town of Ngaere in New Zealand, of Maori origin meaning "wetland".

Possibly from Zapotec nadxiie lii meaning "I love you" or nayele' meaning "open".

Means "seagull" in Greenlandic and Inuktitut.

Means "polar bear" in Inuktitut.

From Aymara nayra meaning "eye" or "early".

Means "bark" in Cheyenne.

Means "little flower" in Greenlandic, from naasoq "flower, plant" and the diminutive suffix -nnguaq.

Means "plant, flower" in Greenlandic.

Means "he works" in Navajo.

Means "gull hatchling" in Greenlandic, deriving from naaja meaning "gull; seagull" and raq meaning "cub; hatchling; baby animal".

Younger form of Nauja.

From Ojibwe Maskawigwan meaning "hard quill", derived from mashkawaa "hard" and gaaway "quill". This was the name of a 19th-century Saulteaux chief.

Munandjarra is a main character in Australian film "Ten Canoes".

An Inuit name. This is the name of a main character of the movie "The Journey Home".

Means "lies" in Tupí. This name appears in the poem Caramuru (1781) by the Brazilian poet Santa Rita Durão.

Means "ocean, wide expanse of water, deep sea" in Maori, Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages.

Minygululu is a main character in Australian film "Ten Canoes".

Means "seal oil" in Greenlandic [1]. A notable bearer was the Inughuit boy Minik (1890-1918), who was among a group brought by the explorer Robert Peary from Greenland to New York in 1897.

Diminutive of Miguel. It probably originated as a variation of Mickey, reflecting the English pronunciation.

Possibly from Greenlandic millalaarpoq meaning "drone, hum (of an insect)" combined with the diminutive suffix -araq.

Means "song" in Hawaiian. This is also the Hawaiian, Tongan and Samoan form of Mary.

Means "small piece of fur under the chin" in Greenlandic.

From the name of a stylized design common in Maori carvings. It represents a mythological creature with the head of a bird and the body of a human.

From Dakota or Lakota maȟpíya meaning "cloud, sky". This is the first part of the names of the Dakota chief Mahpiya Wicasta (1780-1863), known as Cloud Man, and the Lakota chiefs Mahpiya Luta (1822-1909), known as Red Cloud, and Mahpiya Iyapato (1838-1905), known as Touch the Clouds.

Means "welcome" in Tahitian. It gained popularity in France during the 1980s.

Means "ohia flower" in Hawaiian.

Means "he makes noise" in Shawnee. This was another name of the Shawnee leader Tenskwatawa (1775-1836).

Diminutive of Taannakulooq.

From Cree ᑮᓯᑳᐊᐧᒑᕁ (Kîsikâawcâhk) meaning "day star", derived from ᑮᓯᑳᐤ (kîsikâw) "day" and ᐊᑖᕁ (atâhk) "star". This was the name of a 19th-century Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan.

Means "skin of a tree or fruit" in Maori. This name has been brought to public attention by New Zealand opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa (1944-).

Means "cowberry, lingonberry" in Greenlandic [1].

Means "the homeland" from Hawaiian ke, a definite article, and one "sand, homeland".

From the name of a type of tree found in New Zealand (species Agathis australis).

Means "the youthful one" from Hawaiian ka, a definite article, and uʻi "youth, beauty".

Means "free woman" in Greenlandic.

Greenlandic form of Gabriel.

Means "the good one" from Hawaiian ka, a definite article, and pono "good, moral".

Short form of Kâpriale.

Derived from the Greenlandic words kanuk or kanik meaning "blood".

Means "heavenly child" or "royal child" from Hawaiian kama "child" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".

From Hawaiian kai "ocean, sea" and lani "sky, heaven".

Means "sea" in Hawaiian.

From the name of a type of green gemstone found in New Zealand, meaning "sky blue" in Maori.

Greenlandic younger form of Kâpa.

Greenlandic form of Justus.

Archaic spelling of Juaat (using the old Kleinschmidt orthography, used to write Greenlandic until 1973).

Possibly a combination of Juât with the Greenlandic suffix -nnguaq meaning "sweet, dear".

Possibly a combination of Jens and the Greenlandic suffix -raq meaning "young animal".

Variant of Jette.

From the Nyungar word djarraly referred to a kind of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus marginata). Nyungar language is spoken in the southwest of Western Australia, near Perth.

Greenlandic form of Jakobina.

From Tupi îasy meaning "moon".

Possibly means "rainbow lady", from Classic Maya ix "lady" and chel "rainbow". Ixchel was a Maya goddess associated with the earth, jaguars, medicine and childbirth. She was often depicted with a snake in her hair and crossbones embroidered on her skirt.

Means "sinew, tendon, thread" in Greenlandic. It was used by the Danish explorer and author Peter Freuchen for the heroine of his novel Ivalu, the Eskimo Wife (1930).

Means "the one having been brooded" in Greenlandic.

Feminine form of Ivaaq.

Means "deer" in Choctaw.

Short form of Îsaiarse.

Greenlandic younger form of Isaia.

Greenlandic form of Isaiah.

Means "to soar" in Hawaiian.

Means "little person" in Greenlandic, from inuk "person, human" and the diminutive suffix -nnguaq.

Means "person, human" in Greenlandic.

Possibly a combination of Inuk with the Greenlandic suffix -paluk meaning "dear little".

Presumably from Greenlandic imeq "water".

Means "she who is meek and quiet" in Greenlandic.

Variant of Iluna.

Derived from the Greenlandic word iikkuluk meaning "how sweet you are".

Means "moon" in Greenlandic. This name is also used in the Inuit Mythology.

Means "throat" in Greenlandic.

Means "abandoned hearth, fireplace" in Greenlandic.

Means "lady of the water" in Tupi, from y "water" and îara "lady, mistress". In Brazilian folklore this is the name of a beautiful river nymph who would lure men into the water. She may have been based upon earlier Tupi legends.

Means "abandoned" in Navajo.

Means "girl" in Maori.

Possibly a combination of Hans and the Greenlandic word -nnguaq meaning "sweet; dear".

Variant of Hansinnguaq.

Variant spelling of Goyaałé.

Possibly from Cherokee ᎤᎵᎶᎯ (ulilohi) meaning "attractive, adorable".

Means "juniper tree" in Navajo.

Means "raven" in Navajo.

Variant of Kaapa.

Greenlandic form of Friederike and Frederika

Greenlandic short form of Farîtarik and Ancient Germanic variant of Faro.

Derived from the Greenlandic word erneq meaning "son" and -eraq, a diminutive suffix.

Greenlandic form of Elieser.

Greenlandic form of Ejnar.

Greenlandic younger form of Eikile.

Greenlandic form of Herjulf.

Greenlandic younger form of Êlise.

Dayindi is a main character in Australian film "Ten Canoes".

Greenlandic form of David.

Means "star" in Nahuatl [1].

Variant of Citlalli.

Means "violet flower" in Mapuche, from kallfü "purple, blue" and rayen "flower".

Greenlandic form of Bolette. A known bearer of this name is Bolatta Silis-Høegh (1981-), a Greenlandic artist who resides in Denmark.

Variant form of Bitte or from the Swedish word bitti (short form of bittida) meaning "early" and Greenlandic younger spelling of Bíte.

Birrinbirrin is a main character in Australian film "Ten Canoes".

Greenlandic form of Phoebe.

Greenlandic form of Benjamin.

A blend of Beatrix and Trine.

Banalandju is a main character in Australian film 'Ten Canoes' set in Arnhem Land, Northern Territories.

Variant of Palikka.

Variant of Ayelen.

Means "fawn" in Cherokee, derived from ᎠᏫ (awi) meaning "deer".

Means "help, support" in Maori.

Means "beautiful" in Maori.

Means "love" in Maori.

Means "snowflake" in Greenlandic.

Means "condor of the sun" in Mapuche, from antü "sun" and mañku "condor".

Means "actor" in Sioux.

South Greenlandic name meaning "she who has returned home", originally used as a nickname for someone named after a deceased family member, due to ritual name avoidance (taboos in mentioning names of deceased relatives, even when newborns had been named for them).

From Greenlandic ane meaning "big brother of a girl".

Means "angel" in Maori.

Means "moon" in the Yawaru language.

Greenlandic form of Alexander.

Greenlandic younger form of Alãpât.

Means "one who roams by the place under windows opposite the plank bed" in Greenlandic.

Means "little Ptarmigan chick" in Greenlandic.

From Navajo ahigą́ "they fight or combat each other; they kill each other" or ahígą́ "you fight or combat each other; you kill each other".

Greenlandic form of Aksel.

Means "thick-billed Murre", which is a type of bird.

From Cherokee ᎠᏥᎳ (atsila) "fire" or ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ (atsilunsgi) "flower, blossom".

Means "mouse" in Algonquin.

Greenlandic younger form of Ânarse.

Derived from Greenlandic aama "glow, glowing coal" (cf. Aamaq) combined with the diminutive suffix nnguaq meaning "sweet, dear, little".

Means "dear older sibling" in Greenlandic, from a combination of Aaju and the diminutive suffix nnguaq "sweet, dear, little".

From a childish pronunciation of the Greenlandic word angaju "older sibling of the same sex" (see Angaju).