200+ Powerful Native American Boy Names and Their Origins

Do you want your baby boy’s name to mean something special? Native American names tell simple but beautiful stories.

Think of Chayton – it means “falcon,” like a bird flying free in the sky. Or Kai means “willow tree,” like the strong trees that grow near water.

These names come from different Native American families called tribes, like the Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, and Hopi.

Some names talk about animals, like Nokose, which means “bear.” Others talk about things in nature, like Nodin, which means “wind.”

We have more than 200 names here, each with its own story.

List of Popular Native American Boy Names

1. Adsila

• Meaning: Blossom
• Origin: Cherokee

2. Ahonui

• Meaning: Patience
• Origin: Hawaiian

3. Ahtahkakoop

• Meaning: Star blanket
• Origin: Cree

4. Ahuli

• Meaning: Drum
• Origin: Cherokee

5. Ahyoka

• Meaning: She brought happiness
• Origin: Cherokee

6. Ahyote

• Meaning: Resting place
• Origin: Hopi

7. Akikta

• Meaning: Works with determination
• Origin: Lakota

8. Amado

• Meaning: Loved
• Origin: Spanish/Native American blend

9. Anamosa

• Meaning: White fawn
• Origin: Chippewa

10. Anoki

• Meaning: Actor
• Origin: Native American (Sioux)

11. Apisi

• Meaning: Coyote
• Origin: Blackfoot

12. Aponi

• Meaning: Butterfly
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

13. Apukwa

• Meaning: Butterfly
• Origin: Shawnee

14. Arapoho

• Meaning: Tribe name
• Origin: Arapaho

15. Arawak

• Meaning: Tribe name
• Origin: Indigenous people of the Caribbean

16. Ashkii

• Meaning: Boy
• Origin: Navajo

17. Askuwheteau

• Meaning: He keeps watch
• Origin: Algonquin

18. Atohi

• Meaning: Tree
• Origin: Cherokee

19. Atsidi

• Meaning: Hammer
• Origin: Navajo

20. Awan

• Meaning: Somebody
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

21. Awendela

• Meaning: Morning light
• Origin: Cherokee

22. Ayawamat

• Meaning: One who follows orders
• Origin: Hopi

23. Aylen

• Meaning: Happiness
• Origin: Mapuche (South American Indigenous tribe)

24. Bena

• Meaning: Pheasant
• Origin: Dakota

25. Bidziil

• Meaning: He is strong
• Origin: Navajo

26. Bidzill

• Meaning: Strong
• Origin: Navajo

27. Chahta

• Meaning: Name of the Choctaw tribe
• Origin: Choctaw

28. Chayton

• Meaning: Falcon
• Origin: Sioux

29. Chenoa

• Meaning: Dove
• Origin: Cherokee

30. Chetan

• Meaning: Hawk
• Origin: Sioux

31. Cheveyo

• Meaning: Spirit warrior
• Origin: Hopi

32. Chilam

• Meaning: Snowbird
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

33. Chogan

• Meaning: Blackbird
• Origin: Algonquin

34. Chumani

• Meaning: Dewdrop
• Origin: Sioux

35. Dakota

• Meaning: Friend, ally
• Origin: Sioux

36. Deganawida

• Meaning: The two rivers coming together
• Origin: Iroquois

37. Doba

• Meaning: There are two
• Origin: Navajo

38. Dustu

• Meaning: Spring frog
• Origin: Cherokee

39. Dyami

• Meaning: Eagle
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

40. Eashwar

• Meaning: God
• Origin: Hopi

41. Ehawee

• Meaning: Laughing maiden
• Origin: Sioux

42. Elu

• Meaning: Full of grace
• Origin: Zuni

43. Eluwilussit

• Meaning: Holy
• Origin: Algonquin

44. Emeka

• Meaning: To do something great
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

45. Enapay

• Meaning: Brave
• Origin: Sioux

46. Enola

• Meaning: Solitary
• Origin: Cherokee

47. Etchemin

• Meaning: Canoe man
• Origin: Algonquin

48. Etenia

• Meaning: Rich
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

49. Etu

• Meaning: Sun
• Origin: Sioux

50. Ewok

• Meaning: Tribal name
• Origin: Native American (fictional inspiration)

51. Eyanosa

• Meaning: Big tree
• Origin: Sioux

52. Eyota

• Meaning: Great
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

53. Fala

• Meaning: Crow
• Origin: Choctaw

54. Gaagii

• Meaning: Raven
• Origin: Navajo

55. Galilahi

• Meaning: Attractive
• Origin: Cherokee

56. Gawonii

• Meaning: He is speaking
• Origin: Cherokee

57. Hakidonmuya

• Meaning: Time of waiting moon
• Origin: Hopi

58. Halian

• Meaning: Youthful
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

59. Hania

• Meaning: Spirit warrior
• Origin: Hopi

60. Hanisi

• Meaning: Rescuer
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

61. Hanska

• Meaning: Tall
• Origin: Sioux

62. Henal

• Meaning: Fire
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

63. Hensley

• Meaning: Clearing
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

64. Hiamovi

• Meaning: High chief
• Origin: Cheyenne

65. Hiawatha

• Meaning: Maker of rivers
• Origin: Iroquois

66. Honovi

• Meaning: Strong deer
• Origin: Hopi

67. Hopi

• Meaning: Peaceful person
• Origin: Hopi

68. Hosa

• Meaning: Little crow
• Origin: Sioux

69. Hosoh

• Meaning: Unknown
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

70. Hototo

• Meaning: Warrior spirit who sings
• Origin: Hopi

71. Illanipi

• Meaning: Amazing
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

72. Inagehi

• Meaning: Earthling
• Origin: Cherokee

73. Isamu

• Meaning: Courageous
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

74. Isi

• Meaning: Deer
• Origin: Choctaw

75. Istas

• Meaning: Snow
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

76. Ituha

• Meaning: Sturdy oak
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

77. Jacy

• Meaning: Moon
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

78. Kachada

• Meaning: White man
• Origin: Hopi

79. Kachina

• Meaning: Spirit
• Origin: Hopi

80. Kai

• Meaning: Willow tree
• Origin: Navajo

81. Kaipo

• Meaning: Sweetheart
• Origin: Hawaiian/Native American

82. Kangi

• Meaning: Crow
• Origin: Sioux

83. Kanuna

• Meaning: Bullfrog
• Origin: Cherokee

84. Kaskae

• Meaning: Chief
• Origin: Inuit

85. Kele

• Meaning: Sparrow
• Origin: Hopi

86. Keme

• Meaning: Thunder
• Origin: Algonquin

87. Kenai

• Meaning: Flat lands
• Origin: Athabascan

88. Keokuk

• Meaning: Watchful fox
• Origin: Sauk

89. Kipitaki

• Meaning: Old lady
• Origin: Blackfoot

90. Kisecawchuck

• Meaning: Daystar
• Origin: Cree

91. Kitch

• Meaning: Brave
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

92. Kitchi

• Meaning: Brave
• Origin: Algonquin

93. Kiwidinok

• Meaning: Of the wind
• Origin: Chippewa

94. Kohana

• Meaning: Swift
• Origin: Sioux

95. Kohkahycumest

• Meaning: White crow
• Origin: Cheyenne

96. Komi

• Meaning: Hidden
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

97. Kosumi

• Meaning: Fishing for salmon with a spear
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

98. Kotori

• Meaning: Screech owl spirit
• Origin: Hopi

99. Kukulkan

• Meaning: Feathered serpent
• Origin: Mayan

100. Lakota

• Meaning: Friend or ally
• Origin: Sioux

101. Misae

• Meaning: White hot sun
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

102. Mitena

• Meaning: Coming moon
• Origin: Sioux

103. Miwok

• Meaning: People
• Origin: Miwok tribe

104. Modoc

• Meaning: Name of a tribe
• Origin: Modoc

105. Mohawk

• Meaning: People of the flint
• Origin: Mohawk

106. Moki

• Meaning: Deer
• Origin: Hopi

107. Nahele

• Meaning: Forest
• Origin: Hawaiian/Native American

108. Nahiossi

• Meaning: Has three fingers
• Origin: Cheyenne

109. Nahuel

• Meaning: Jaguar
• Origin: Mapuche

110. Nakos

• Meaning: Sage
• Origin: Sioux

111. Nampeyo

• Meaning: Snake that does not bite
• Origin: Hopi

112. Nanouk

• Meaning: Polar bear
• Origin: Inuit

113. Napayshni

• Meaning: Courageous
• Origin: Sioux

114. Nascha

• Meaning: Owl
• Origin: Navajo

115. Nashoba

• Meaning: Wolf
• Origin: Choctaw

116. Nashwauk

• Meaning: Place of rocks
• Origin: Chippewa

117. Nawat

• Meaning: Left-handed
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

118. Nawoj

• Meaning: Speaks softly
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

119. Nayati

• Meaning: Wrestler
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

120. Neka

• Meaning: Wild goose
• Origin: Miwok

121. Nikan

• Meaning: Friend
• Origin: Potawatomi

122. Nituna

• Meaning: Daughter
• Origin: Algonquin

123. Niyol

• Meaning: Wind
• Origin: Navajo

124. Nodin

• Meaning: Wind
• Origin: Chippewa

125. Nokoni

• Meaning: Wanderer
• Origin: Comanche

126. Nokose

• Meaning: Bear
• Origin: Creek

127. Nova

• Meaning: Chases butterflies
• Origin: Hopi

128. Nukpana

• Meaning: Evil
• Origin: Hopi

129. Nuttah

• Meaning: My heart
• Origin: Algonquin

130. Odakota

• Meaning: Friend
• Origin: Sioux

131. Odakotah

• Meaning: Friend
• Origin: Sioux

132. Ohitekah

• Meaning: Brave
• Origin: Sioux

133. Ohiyesa

• Meaning: Winner
• Origin: Sioux

134. Ojinjintka

• Meaning: Rose
• Origin: Sioux

135. Olathe

• Meaning: Beautiful
• Origin: Sioux

136. Omusa

• Meaning: Carries arrows
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

137. Onacona

• Meaning: White owl
• Origin: Cherokee

138. Onawa

• Meaning: Wide awake
• Origin: Sioux

139. Oneida

• Meaning: Standing stone
• Origin: Iroquois

140. Opa

• Meaning: Owl
• Origin: Choctaw

141. Osceola

• Meaning: Rising sun
• Origin: Seminole

142. Oshka

• Meaning: Sand
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

143. Pahana

• Meaning: Lost white brother
• Origin: Hopi

144. Pakuna

• Meaning: Deer jumping downhill
• Origin: Miwok

145. Pakwa

• Meaning: Frog
• Origin: Hopi

146. Pana

• Meaning: Partridge
• Origin: Miwok

147. Pawnee

• Meaning: Horn
• Origin: Pawnee

148. Paytah

• Meaning: Fire
• Origin: Sioux

149. Pekelo

• Meaning: Stone
• Origin: Hawaiian/Native American

150. Peta

• Meaning: Golden eagle
• Origin: Blackfoot

151. Pisa

• Meaning: Moonlight
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

152. Ponca

• Meaning: Sacred head
• Origin: Ponca

153. Powwaw

• Meaning: Medicine man
• Origin: Algonquin

154. Pukwana

• Meaning: Smoke
• Origin: Sioux

155. Quana

• Meaning: Fragrant
• Origin: Comanche

156. Quanah

• Meaning: Fragrance
• Origin: Comanche

157. Quinlan

• Meaning: Graceful
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

158. Rowtag

• Meaning: Fire
• Origin: Algonquin

159. Sachem

• Meaning: Chief
• Origin: Algonquin

160. Salali

• Meaning: Squirrel
• Origin: Cherokee

161. Sani

• Meaning: Old one
• Origin: Navajo

162. Saqui

• Meaning: Joy
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

163. Sasa

• Meaning: Swan
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

164. Sawni

• Meaning: Echo
• Origin: Miwok

165. Sequoia

• Meaning: Giant redwood tree
• Origin: Cherokee

166. Sesheta

• Meaning: Mystery
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

167. Shappa

• Meaning: Red thunder
• Origin: Sioux

168. Shawnee

• Meaning: Southerner
• Origin: Shawnee

169. Shenandoah

• Meaning: Beautiful daughter of the stars
• Origin: Iroquois

170. Shikoba

• Meaning: Feather
• Origin: Choctaw

171. Shilah

• Meaning: Brother
• Origin: Navajo

172. Shunkaha

• Meaning: Dog
• Origin: Sioux

173. Sikya

• Meaning: Sand
• Origin: Hopi

174. Simi

• Meaning: Valley of the wind
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

175. Sioux

• Meaning: Tribe name, meaning “little snakes”
• Origin: Sioux

176. Tadi

• Meaning: Wind
• Origin: Omaha

177. Tahoma

• Meaning: (Near) water
• Origin: Salish

178. Tahu

• Meaning: Beloved
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

179. Tahua

• Meaning: Sacred
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

180. Taklishim

• Meaning: Grey fox
• Origin: Apache

181. Takoda

• Meaning: Friend to all
• Origin: Sioux

182. Tallulah

• Meaning: Leaping water
• Origin: Choctaw

183. Talulah

• Meaning: Running water
• Origin: Choctaw

184. Talutah

• Meaning: Blood-red
• Origin: Sioux

185. Tanka

• Meaning: Big or great
• Origin: Sioux

186. Tasunka

• Meaning: Horse
• Origin: Sioux

187. Tawa

• Meaning: Sun
• Origin: Hopi

188. Tawodi

• Meaning: Hawk
• Origin: Cherokee

189. Taya

• Meaning: Perfectly formed
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

190. Tayanita

• Meaning: Young beaver
• Origin: Cherokee

191. Tayen

• Meaning: New moon
• Origin: Sioux

192. Teetonka

• Meaning: Prairie
• Origin: Sioux

193. Tenaya

• Meaning: To meet
• Origin: Miwok

194. Tewa

• Meaning: Gray
• Origin: Tewa

195. Tocho

• Meaning: Mountain lion
• Origin: Hopi

196. Togquos

• Meaning: Twin
• Origin: Algonquin

197. Unami

• Meaning: People downriver
• Origin: Lenape

198. Waban

• Meaning: East wind
• Origin: Algonquin

199. Wakanda

• Meaning: Inner magical power
• Origin: Sioux

200. Waki

• Meaning: Shelter
• Origin: Sioux

201. Wakiza

• Meaning: Desperate warrior
• Origin: Sioux

202. Wanbli

• Meaning: Eagle
• Origin: Sioux

203. Wapasha

• Meaning: Red leaf
• Origin: Sioux

204. Wapi

• Meaning: Lucky
• Origin: Sioux

205. Washakie

• Meaning: Smells of sweet grass
• Origin: Shoshone

206. Waya

• Meaning: Wolf
• Origin: Cherokee

207. Wematin

• Meaning: Brother
• Origin: Cheyenne

208. Wenona

• Meaning: Firstborn daughter
• Origin: Sioux

209. Wicasa

• Meaning: Sage
• Origin: Sioux

210. Wichahpi

• Meaning: Star
• Origin: Sioux

211. Winema

• Meaning: Chief
• Origin: Modoc

212. Winona

• Meaning: Firstborn
• Origin: Sioux

213. Wiyan

• Meaning: Wife
• Origin: Sioux

214. Wiyot

• Meaning: Tribe name
• Origin: Wiyot

215. Wokini

• Meaning: New life
• Origin: Sioux

216. Wuski

• Meaning: Young
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

217. Wynn

• Meaning: Friend
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

218. Xochitl

• Meaning: Flower
• Origin: Nahuatl (Aztec)

219. Yaholo

• Meaning: One who yells
• Origin: Creek

220. Yanisin

• Meaning: Ashamed
• Origin: Navajo

221. Yantse

• Meaning: Yellow willow
• Origin: Apache

222. Yazhi

• Meaning: Little one
• Origin: Navajo

223. Yiska

• Meaning: The night has passed
• Origin: Navajo

224. Yohewa

• Meaning: Unknown
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

225. Yonah

• Meaning: Bear
• Origin: Cherokee

226. Yuma

• Meaning: Son of a chief
• Origin: Quechan

227. Zaltana

• Meaning: High mountain
• Origin: Native American (unknown tribe)

228. Zihna

• Meaning: Spins
• Origin: Hopi

Conclusion

Think about what the name means, where it comes from, and how to say it right.

Some names, like Dakota, are easier to use today. Others, like Askuwheteau, might need more practice to say correctly.

Which names did you like best? Did any of their meanings speak to you?

Take time to think about the perfect name for your baby boy. The right name is waiting for you on this list.