Names Categorized "Native American peoples"

Etymology and Background Cherokee is an English given name derived from the self-designation of the Cherokee people, an Indigenous nation originally from the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. The name is proba...

Cheyenne is a unisex given name derived from the endonym of the Cheyenne people, a Native American tribe of the Great Plains. The origin of the name traces back to the Lakota word šahiyena, which means "red speakers." Th...

CreeCree is an English given name derived from the name of the Cree people, a large and widespread group of Indigenous peoples in North America. The name originates via French from the Cree autonym kiristino, which histo...

Dakota is a unisex given name originating from the Native American Dakota people, whose name in the Dakota language means "allies, friends". The name was adopted as a place name for the U.S. states of North and South Dak...

Fox is an English masculine given name derived either directly from the English word fox or from the surname Fox, which originally functioned as a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in character or appea...

Maya is a feminine name used in English with two distinct origins. It can be considered a variant of Maia, a name from Greek mythology meaning "good mother" or "dame." In Greek myth, Maia was the eldest of the Pleiades a...

Oneida is a feminine given name derived from the name of a Native American tribe. The tribe's autonym, Onyota'a:ka, is often interpreted as "standing rock" or "people of the standing stone," referencing a large stone tha...