Sa hohchifo ut....Jaye
(My Name Is.....Jaye)
AMERICAN INDIAN FEMALE NAMES
ADOETTE (al-do-AY-tuh)"Strong as a tree" (born near a tree, or exhibited a spiritual kinship to nature.
ALAQUA (ah-LAG-quah) "Sweet Gum Tree."
ALMEDA (al-MAY-dah) "Fields of cottonwood; Spanish (Avenue for Strolling)
AMAYETA (ah-mah-YEH-tah "Miwok: "Fruit from the manzanita tree."
AWANATA (ah-wah-NAH-tah) "Miwok: "Original Turtle" (First living being on earth.
AWENDELA (ah-wayn-DAY-lah) "Fresh Morning"
BENA (BEE-nah) "Pheasant"
CHENOA (chay-No-ah) "Pure Dove", or "Bird of Peace"
CHEYENNE (shy-ANN) Algonquin: "Name of Algonquin tribe in the Great Plains"
CHOLENA (ko-LEE-nah) Delaware: "That Which Soars"
CHUMANI (shoo-MAHN-ee) "Eternal Return", or "Nature's Renewal"
CHOCHETA (Co-SHAY-tah) "That which cannot be Fathomed"
DAKOTA (dah-KOH-tah) "Friendly, Ally" (Tribal Name)
DENA (DAY-nah) "Low-Lying Meadow"
DYANI (dah-YAHN-ee) "Gazelle" Indian lore says the deer or gazelle as a powerful animal, but those real strength lay hidden behind a graceful docility."
HATEYA (hah-TEH-yah) Miwok: "Footprint in the Sand"
HELKI (HELL-kee) Miwok: "To Touch"
HOLA (HO-lah) Hopi: "Rainstick" (Derived from a Hopi ceremonial stick filled with seeds)
ISATAS (EE-Stahs) "Snow"
KALISKA (ka-LEE-Ska) Miwok: "Miwok legend that means Coyote on the tail of a Doe." (Mythology: Coyote tricked all the animals and created man as a combination of all these qualities; Man is strong like a bear, fearless as a fox, and crafty as a coyote)
KIMANA (ke-MA-na) Shoshone: "Butterfly" Native Lore: Mythology- God searched the earth as a butterfly to find the perfect location to fashion the first human.
LOLOTEA (loh-loh-TEH-ah) Zuni: "Blessing from God"
LOMASI (lo-MAH-see) "Beautiful Blossom"
LUSELA (Loo-SAY-lah) Miwok: "Bear licks Swinging Toe"
LUYU (LOO-yoo) Miwok: "Shaking the Beak"
MAHALA (ma-HAH-lah) "Feminene Power"
MANSI (MAHN-see) Hopi: "Cut Blossom"
MAUSI (MAW-see or MAU-see) "Plucking Blossoms"
MEDA (MAY-duh) "Prophet", "Priestess", or "Edible Root"
MIKA (MEE-kah) "Raccoon With Wise Heart"
MINAL (mee-NAHL) "Fruits"
MINOWA (mi-NO-wah) "Traveling Singer"
MITUNA (mi-TOO-nah) Miwok: "Wrap up" (Tradition of wrapping up fresh fish inside large leaves)
NASHOTA (nah-SHO-tah) "Double" Astrology (Good for the second born of twins)
NASHAN (NAHS-nan) "Carrier": "Embraced by Music"
NATA (NAH-tah) "Voice of Creation"
NATANE (nah-TAH-nee) Arapho: "Female Child"
NETIS (NAY-tis) "One Who Can Be Trusted"
NIABI (nee-AH-bee) "Fawn"
NOICHA (No-chah) "Sun"
OLATHE (o-LAH-tha) "Lovely"
ONATAH (o-NAH-tah) Iroquois: "Earth child and spirit of the stalk". (Legend of abduction of corn spirit by a demon. When the sun rose again the corn spirit was freed).
ONIDA (oh-NEE-dah) "Eagerly Awaited"
ORENDA (oh-REN-dah) Iroquois: "Spirit Force". (Force leads to the realization that all life is interrelated. Sioux: "Wakanda"
OYA (oh-YAH) Miwok: "To Call Forth"
PAPINA (pah-PEE-nuh) Miwok: "Crawling Ivy"
PATI (pah-TEE) Miwok: "To Wring" (Wrapping fresh caught fish in willow tree leaves)
POSALA (po-SAH-lah) Miwok: "To explode" (Energy of seeds bursting into life during the spring time)
ROZENE (ro-ZAY-nuh) "Rose Blossom"
SHADA (SHAH-dah) "Pelican"
SHAPPA (SHAH-pah) "Red Thunder" (Birth that takes place during inclement weather)
SIHU (SEE-hoo) "Flower", or "Bush"
SISIKA (si-SEE-kah) "Singing Bird"
SORA (SO-rah) "Singing Bird Soars"
SULETU (soo-LEH-too) Miwok: "Soaring Without Warning"
SUNI (SOO-nee) Zuni: "Native One" or "Born to Tribe"
TAIMA (tah-EE-mah) "Thunderbolt" (Connotes Great Power) Suited for a child born during a thunderstorm
TAIPA (tah-EE-pah) Miwok: "Wings Spread" (Connotes a sense of majesty and personal fullfillment)
TAKENYA (tah-KEHN-yah) Miwok: "Fierce Falcon"
TALA (TAH-lah) "Stalking Wolf" (Connotes qualities of auspicious fortune and cunning)
TALULA (tah-LOO-lah) Choctaw: "Water Sprays To Sky"
UNA (oo-nah) Hopi: "Good Memory" (Remembering one's ancestors is considered a virtue)
UTINA (oo-TEE-nah) "Female Compatriot"
WANETA (wah-NAY-tah) "Shape-Shifter"
WINEMA (wee-NEH-mah) Miwok: "Female Chieftain"
WINONA (weh-NO-nah) "Firstborn Daughter"
WYANET (wee-AH-net) "One Whose Beauty is Legend"
YAMKA (YAHM-kah) Hopi: "Time For Blossoms"
YANABA (yah-NAH-bah) Navajo: "She who meets the battle head on"
YEPA (YAY-pah) "Winter Princess"
YOLUTA (yo-LOO-tah) "Good-Bye Spring"