Shoshoni

Native American

"tall-growing grasses"

Shoshoni Origin and Meaning

The name Shoshoni is a girl's name meaning "tall-growing grasses".

Shoshoni along with Shoshone and Shoshonee is the name of a tribe indigenous to the western US as well as personal names for a baby girl. Lovely and evocative as they are, none was given to more than five baby girls in the US last year, making them exceedingly rare.

Shoshoni in Pop Culture

• The name of a Native American people also spelled Shoshone, that occupied the territory from what is now southeastern California across central and eastern Nevada and northwestern Utah into southern Idaho and western Wyoming.