Indigenous American Submitted Surnames

These names are or were used by the various indigenous peoples who inhabit North and South America.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Aca Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl acatl meaning "cane".

Acothley Navajo
Acothley means "cowboy".

Aeneas English (Rare), Indigenous American (Anglicized, Rare)
From the given name Aeneas.

Allooloo Inuit
Surname borne by inuk writer and artist Siku Allooloo and by politician Titus Allooloo.

Asicksik Inuit

Askoak Yupik

Astts Nahuatl, Aztec

Atamaint Shuar, Indigenous American, South American
The surname of a certain indigenous Ecuadorian politician.

Ayuluk Yupik

Ayunerak Yupik

Bayayok Yupik

Begay Navajo
Derived from the Navajo word biyeʼ meaning "his son". This was frequently adopted as a surname among the Navajo when Native Americans were required by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to formally adopt surnames for the purpose of official records.

Benally Navajo
From Navajo binálí meaning "his grandchild", derived from análí meaning "(paternal) grandchild". It was commonly adopted when Native Americans were required to take surnames for record purposes.

Bitsuie Navajo
From bitsóí meaning "his grandchild", a commonly adopted surname when the BIA required Native Americans to take surnames for the purpose of official records.

Black-hawk Indigenous American

Blackhawk Indigenous American

Blackhorse Indigenous American

Blackplume Indigenous American

Blue Rock Indigenous American

Bluerock Indigenous American

Bylilly Navajo
Derived from Navajo bá ‎"for him" and álílee "magic power".

Can Mayan
from the word kaan meaning "snake"

Canul Yucatec Maya
Means "protector" in Mayan.

Chapul Aztec, Nahuatl, Indigenous American
Variant of Chapulin.

Chapulin Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning grasshopper.

Cheeshahteaumuck Wampanoag

Chiklak Yupik

Citlalpopoca Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "smoking star" or "comet".

Cly Navajo
From Navajo tłʼaaí meaning ‎"lefty, left-handed one", from the verb nishtłʼa ‎"to be left-handed".

Condori Indigenous American, Aymara (Hispanicized), Quechua (Hispanicized)
Derived from Aymara and Quechua kunturi meaning "condor, vulture".

Creepingbear Indigenous American, Arapaho (?)
From the English words creeping and bear.

Crowfoot Indigenous American

Cuautemoc Nahuatl, Aztec

Cuautli Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl quauhtli meaning "eagle".

Densman Indigenous American

Deschene Navajo
From deeshchiiʼnii (clan designation, “red-streak people”).

Dull Knife Indigenous American

Echo Hawk Pawnee

Egoak Yupik

Ehecatl Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "wind".

Elachik Yupik

Enoksen Norwegian, Greenlandic
Means "son of Enok".

Escuintla Nahuatl
From Nahuatl Itzcuintlan meaning "abundance or place of dogs".

Filemonsen Greenlandic
Means "son of Filemon".

Fly Greenlandic

Foothill Indigenous American
Combination of "foot" and "hill".

Goodluck Indigenous American

Grasshopper Indigenous American (Anglicized)

Greyeyes Indigenous American
A notable bearer is the Canadian actor Michael Greyeyes.

Guujaaw Haida

Hardluck Cherokee

Harjo Creek
From Creek Ha'chō meaning "crazy brave; recklessly brave".

Hatathli Navajo
From Navajo hataałii meaning ‎"medicine man, shaman", literally "singer" (from the verb hataał ‎"he sings, he is chanting").

Huamán Quechua (Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Quechua waman meaning "falcon, hawk".

Huehuetenango Nahuatl
Means "place of the ancients" in Nahuatl.

Huitzil Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl uitsitsillin meaning "hummingbird".

Humetewa Hopi

Ignatiussen Greenlandic
Means "son of Ignatius".

Kanatiqueli Cherokee
This surname is derived from the Old French surname Cantrell, meaning "small bell" or "treble". The first known bearer is a part-Cherokee author.

Kanatiquelli Cherokee
This surname is derived from the Old French surname Cantrell, meaning "small bell" or "treble". The first known bearer is a part-Cherokee author.

Knife Indigenous American

Kopanuk Yupik

Lightfoot Indigenous American
This surname is of Cherokee origin.

Loloma Hopi

Lyberth Greenlandic

Mamani Indigenous American, Aymara
Means "falcon, hawk" in Aymara.

Mankiller Navajo

Maskwa Cree

Maytwayashing Ojibwe
Unknown meaning, most commonly found in Anishinaabe communities in Manitoba. A notable bearer is Clifford Maytwayashing, a legendary fiddle player.

Mikaelsen Danish, Greenlandic
Means "son of Mikael".

Moccasin Indigenous American

Nakai Navajo
Nakai means 'The one who wanders.' In Hebrew its meaning is "pure, clean " but i personally like the first one more.

Navajo Navajo

Neztsosie Navajo
From nééz, “tall” in Navajo and tsʼósí, “slim” in Navajo

Noisecat Indigenous American

Nukusuk Yupik

Obonsawin Indigenous American, English (Canadian)

Panzacola Indigenous American (Rare)
Named after the tribe meaning "hairy people".

Papaqui Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl pakini meaning "happy".

Pegahmagabow Indigenous American

Peshlakai Navajo
Derived from the Navajo words béésh "metal" and łigaii "white" meaning “silver”.

Pingayak Yupik

Popoca Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "to smoke".

Quispe Quechua (Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Quechua qispi meaning "free".

Red Breath Bear Indigenous American

Redlightning Indigenous American, Sioux (?)

Ridesatthedoor Indigenous American

Rideshorse Indigenous American
Variant of Ridesthewhitehippedhorse.

Ridesthehorse Indigenous American
Variant of Ridesthewhitehippedhorse.

Ridesthewhitehippedhorse Indigenous American

Riverwind Indigenous American

Sakagut Zapotec (Anglicized, Rare)
This name is rare and usually given to the "god child."

Samøssen Greenlandic, Old Danish

Samøssen Greenlandic, Old Danish
Means "son of Samøs".

Samuelsen Norwegian, Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (Rare)
Means "Son of Samuel"

Schnekler Cherokee

Seesequasis Cree

Sekaquaptewa Hopi

Sioux Indigenous American

Takumjenak Yupik

Tanguma Indigenous American (?), Mexican
Mexican surname of uncertain origin, probably Native American.

Tapachula Nahuatl, Aztec
Means "between the waters" in Nahuatl.

Tapahonso Navajo

Taugelchee Navajo

Tecuanhuehue Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "old tiger".

Tenayuca Indigenous American, Mexican (Rare), Comanche (?)
Of uncertain origin. A known bearer was Emma Tenayuca (1916-1999), an American labor leader of Comanche descent.

Tepetl Aztec, Nahuatl
From Nahuatl meaning "hill".

Testawich Cree

Teton Shoshone

Thunderchild Indigenous American

Tigre Shuar

Tochihuitl Aztec, Nahuatl
Means ‘Rabbit Feather Down’ - ‘down’ as in soft feathers. It’s a combination of tochitl meaning "rabbit" and ihuitl meaning "feather" particularly small ones.

Todachine Navajo
Variant of Todicheene meaning "bitter water people."

Todicheene Navajo
"Bitter water people."

Tomaganuk Yupik

Tomahawk Sioux
The name comes from Powhatan tamahaac, derived from the Proto-Algonquian root *temah- 'to cut off by tool'. Algonquian cognates include Lenape təmahikan, Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon, Abenaki demahigan, all of which mean "axe".

Tsosie Navajo
From the Navajo suffix -tsʼósí meaning "slender, slim", originally a short form of a longer name such as kiitsʼósí "slender boy", hashkétsʼósí "slender warrior", cháalatsʼósí "slim Charlie", dághaatsʼósí "the one with a slender mustache", dinétsʼósí "slender man", or hastiintsʼósí "slender man".

Tulum Yucatec Maya
Means "wall" in Mayan language.

Uentillie Navajo
From Navajo ayóí meaning "very" and áníldííl meaning "husky, large".

Ukiah Indigenous American (?)

Umugak Yupik

Voeman Mapuche (Rare), Jamaican Patois (Rare), Yoruba (Modern)
Similar to Roman

Waawaashkeshshi Indigenous American
The name Waawaashkeshshi origin is annishinabe given name it means white tailed deer

Wagamese Ojibwe
Comes from an Ojibway phrase meaning ‘man walking by the crooked water.’

Walking Bear Indigenous American
A notable bearer is Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail, the first Crow individual to achieve a higher education, and one of the first Native American nurses to ever be accepted.

Wanbli Sioux
Means "eagle" in the Sioux language.

Wawia Ojibwe

Whitehorse Indigenous American

Whiteplume Arapaho
Native Arapaho Wyoming Montana

Wolfblack Indigenous American

Wolfblood Indigenous American

Yahgulanaas Haida

Yazzi Navajo

Yazzie Indigenous American, Navajo
Derived from the Navajo word yázhí meaning "little".

Yellow Robe Indigenous American

Yellowtail Indigenous American

Yupanqui Quechua (Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Quechua yupanki meaning "accountant".

Zitalpopopa Aztec, Nahuatl
Variant of Citlalpopoca.

Zuni Indigenous American

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