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Native American Names for Girls

Native American girl names are the oldest female names known in North America, though many have fallen out of use with the marginalization of Indigenous cultures. But any discussion of American names must include these authentic choices.

our website's list of Native American names for girls includes the following. The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.

Didion The meaning of Didion is 'pioneer', 'sacrifi...
Origin:French
9078
Faulkner

Meaning: falconer

Origin:English
4500
Manning

Meaning: monk

Origin:Irish surname
8946
Roosevelt

Meaning: rose field

Origin:Dutch
2615
Tesla

Meaning: from Thessaly

Origin:Slavic
1895
Shakira

Meaning: thankful, woman of grace

Origin:Arabic
2601
Teigen

Meaning: strip of land; the farmland

Origin:Norwegian
9813
Audre With its root in English culture, the name i...
Origin:English
10964
Owens

Meaning: son of Owen / Eoghan

Origin:Welsh and Irish surname
11359
Yoko

Meaning: good girl

Origin:Japanese
2683
Obama

Meaning: bending or leaning; little beach

Origin:Luo; Japanese
3109
Salinger Salinger is a name that comes from a long li...
Origin:French, Saint Léger
3254
Loewy Loewy is a beautiful baby for your child. It...
Origin:Swiss and German nickname for brave person
3517
Coretta Coretta is a feminine name of American origi...
Origin:English, elaborated form of Cora
5318
Pei Pei is a standard mandarin surname from nort...
Origin:Chinese surname
5566
Winfrey

Meaning: peaceful friend

Origin:Variation of Winfrith, English
5747
Woolf Woolf is an old German name and is not gende...
Origin:Variation of Wolf, animal name
7069
Neruda Neruda is an odd and unusual name that is us...
Origin:Literary name
8317
Huston Huston is an old but meaningful name that is...
Origin:Scottish
8877
Malala

Meaning: sad, grieved

Origin:Pashto
3640