Sioux
names are used by the Sioux (Lakota and Dakota) people of the central United States and Canada.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Tomahawk SiouxThe 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".