Native american names

Aztlan

Aztlan is a Native american business name for a Mexican restaurant. Meaning “water place” in Nahuatl.

Derived from the Aztec terms “atl” (water) and “tlan” (place).

According to legend, the Aztecs were a nomadic people until they arrived to Aztlan, an island located in the Texcoco Lake.

NOTE: Some historians say that the Aztlan term means “place of herons”. According to this theory, this name is formed by the term “aztatl” (herons) and “tlan” (place).

Balam

Balam is a Native american boy name. Meaning “jaguar, tiger” in Mayan language.

Bayoán

Bayoán is a boy name of Native American origin. A character created by Puerto Rican author Eugenio María de Hostos y Bonilla in his novel “La peregrinación de Bayoán.” (more…)

Biaani

Biaani is a Native american girl name.

Variant of Bianhi.

Biani

Biani is a Native american girl name.

Variant of Bianhi.

Caleuche

Caleuche is a Native american Galleon name. Meaning: “transformed people.”

It derives from the Mapuche words “kalewtun” (transform, exchange) and “che” (people). (more…)

Caribe

Caribe is a Native american business name for a beach snack bar.

American region of the Antilles characterized by its sea, paradise islands and tropical climate.

It derives from the term “Charaibi” (wise men) used to refer to the inhabitants of the region in the pre-Columbian era.

Chenoa

Chenoa is a Native american girl name. Meaning “dove” in Sioux language.

Categorized into: animal names

Cheyenne

Cheyenne is a Native american girl name. Meaning “red speakers” in Dakota.

Famous Indian tribe that lived in the Great Plains (USA). This name derives from the Dakota word “shahiyena” that means “red speakers”. This name was given because both tribes had diferents languages.

Chihuahua

Chihuahua is a Native american business name for a Mexican restaurant.

Name of a Mexican state.

It´s a Tarahumara word that means “place next to two waters”. Derived from the terms “Chi” (place) and “hua” (water). The last term is repeated twice because the city is near to two rivers, Chuviscar and Sacramento.

Categorized into: place names.