Names That Mean Native

Manhattan is the smallest yet one of the most populous New York City boroughs. The area was historically inhabited by Munsee Lenape and Wappinger tribes of Native Americans, and the name Manhattan is derived from the Munsee Lenape language. Hickory trees that were used to make bows grew on the southern part of Manhattan, which inspired the term manaháhtaan, from the Munsee Lenape words for "gather" and "bow."

A rare name that rose briefly in the trail of Donna. Tonna has Choctaw roots.

A feminine name in Choctaw culture.

A masculine name in Choctaw culture.

A name from the Choctaw tribe of Mississippi and Alabama.

A unisex name used in the Comanche Native American culture.

Carries a different meaning in American English. You may also like Sootima.

One of numerous names that could have been given to Choctaw men after a successful hunt.

Hurricane is a wild weather name. The best-known male named Hurricane is Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a middleweight boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder and immortalized by the 1975 Bob Dylan song Hurricane.

The Native name of Washington State's Mount Ranier.

Yancy has begun to rise in usage among baby girls, perhaps in part due to the similarity to the classically feminine name Nancy.

A name given among the Choctaw tribe of Mississippi and Oklahoma.

Malibu, the name of a California beach city, evokes sunshine, surfing, and glamour. With its fashionable "oo" sound — as seen in names like Luna and Ruby — Malibu is an unexplored place name worth considering.

The creator god of the sky, wind, and knowledge in Aztec mythology, also associated with the morning star. In Mesoamerican myth Quetzalcoatl is also a mythical hero from whom almost all Mesoamerican peoples claim descent.

Kree, a variant of the Native American Cree tribe name, is one of the most evenly split unisex names between the sexes.

A masculine name from the Choctaw tribe of Mississippi and Oklahoma.

Masculine name in the Choctaw tradition.

Traditional Choctaw male name.