AMERICAN INDIAN MALE NAMES
AHANU (ah-HAH-noo) "Coughing Spirit"
AKULE (ah-KOOL) "He Looks Up" (Precious gestures of a baby)
ANOKI (ah-NO-kee) "Decisive" or "Performer"
APENIMON (ah-PEE-nimon) "Reliable"
AWAN (AH-wahn) "Somebody"
BODAWAY (bo-DAH-way) "One Who Makes Fire"
DAKOTA (da-KOH-tah) Dakota: "Amiable Partner" (Tribal name
--Dakotah)
DASAN (DAH-shan) Pomo: "Ruler" (Mythology lore of the Pomo Indians, bird clan that gave birth to the world, was led by Dasan and his father)
DEMOTHI (deh-MO-tee) "Walks and Talks"
DYAMI (dee-AH-mee) "Soaring Eagle"
ELKI (EL-kee) Miwok: "Derived from the word elkini, "Bear Displays"
ELSU (EHL-soo) Miwok: "Falcon swoops low and rises high"
ENYETO (en-YEH-to) "How The Bear Walks"
ETU (AY-too) "Glowing Sun" (Astrology - Appropriate for those born under Leo, which is ruled by the sun)
EZHNO (EHZH-no) "By Oneself"
HINUN (hee-NOON) "Spirit of the Storm"
HONOVI (ho-NO-vee) "Powerful"
HOWI (HO-wee) Miwok: "Turtle Dove"
IGASHO (ee-GAH-sho) "Seeker"
INTEUS (een-TAY-oos) "Unashamed" or "Proud"
IYE (EE-yeh) "Smoky Clouds"
KAGA (KAH-gah) "Scribe"
KIBBE (KEEB-beh) Nayas: "Night Bird"
KNOTON (K'NO-ton) "The Wind"
KONO (KO-no) Miwok: "Squirrel gnaws pine nut through"
KUZIH (KOO-zhi) Carrier: "Skillful Speaker"
LANGUNDO (lahn-GOON-do) "Calm and Trusting"
LEN (lehn) Hopi: "Flute"
LONATO (lo-NAH-to) "Flint Stone"
MANIPI (mah-NEE-pee) "Living Marvel"
MISU (MEE-soo) Miwok: "Rippling Water"
MONGESKA (MOHN-ges-ka) Nebraska: "A Deer's White Breast"
NALREN (NAHL-rehn) Dene: "Melted"
NAMID (NAH-meed) "Dances With The Lights Of Heaven"
NAWAT (NAH-waht) "On the Left"
NAYATI (nah-YAH-tee) "He who fights or Wrestles"
NIBAW (NEE-baw) "Upright", or "Standing Tall"
NITIS (NEE-tiss) "Trustworthy" or "Intimate"
NODIN (NOH-dinn) "Windy day or spirit that blows the Trees"
OURAY (oh-RAY) "Arrow's Shot" (Appropriate for those born under the sign Sagittarius symbolized by the archer)
PATWIN (PAT-win) "Contemporary Man"
PAYAT (PAY-yaht) "On his way"
PILLAN (pee-LAHN) "God of Stormy Weather"
PINON (pee-NON) Tupi: "Guarani" (A god who became the constellation of Orion)
POWA (PO-wah) "Wealthy"
SAHALE (sah-KEE-leh) "Above"
SAKIMA (sah-KEE-mah) "King"
TENNESSEE (TEN-eh-SEE) Cherokee: "Indian Place Name" (The name of a southeastern state)
TUNU (TOO-noo) Miwok: "Deer waiting to ravage the garden"
TYEE (TYE-ee) "Chieftains"
WABAN (wah-BAHN) "Breezes from the East"
WAKIZA (wah-KEE-zah) "Determined Warrior"
WAPI (WAH-pee) "Lucky"
WEMILO (weh-EE-loh) "Speaks to All"
WYNONO (wi-No-no) "First Born Son"
YAKEZ (YAH-kehz) Carrier: "Divine Skies"
YANCY (YAN-cee) "Indian Term for English Man"