Unique Native American baby names for boys

Native American boy names are meaningful and unique. Whether you are looking for a cultural name to pass down or just love these wonderful names, we have rounded up popular Native American names, as well as more traditional names with their meanings.

An interesting Native American baby name culture is to let the tribe elders pass down names to the boys. In fact, they wanted to give a name based on a life experience, event, dream or the child’s personality, so they would sometimes wait until their son reached puberty before giving him his official name!

We imagine you don’t want to wait quite that long before finding the perfect baby boy name, so check out these unique and meaningful options below.

Popular Native American boy names

The following names are a popular choice in the Native American community. They are unique and meaningful.

• Chaska: Sioux name given to the first born son
• Chayton: Falcon
• Cheveyo: Spirit warrior
• Dasan: Chief
• Demothi: Talks while walking
• Dohasan: Cliff
• Elan: Friendly
• Etu: The son
• Hakan: Fire
• Achak: Spirit
• Adahy: Lives in the woods
• Ahanu: He laughs
• Ahusaka: Wings
• Ashkii: Boy
• Bidziil: He is strong
• Bodaway: Firemaker

Check out the most popular boy names in the United States here

Traditional Native American boy names

These unique boy names are actually words from the Native American language. For example, if you are looking for a baby name theme for siblings (or twins), Peyak means one, Tapu means two, Nas means three and Niewi means four. Check out more name ideas and meanings below:

• Nebi: Means water
• Wapi: Means white and lucky
• Wisaw: Means yellow
• Mekwi: Means red
• Seke: Means black
• Mitsu: Means eat
• Namito: Means see
• Nutomon: Means hear
• Nakamo: Means sing
• Matcaw: Means leave
• Chaska: Sioux nickname for a first born
• Chetan: hawk
• Magi: Cherokee version of Michael
• Ataian: Version of Steven
• Biyen: Version of Peter
• Peyak: Means One
• Tapu: Means Two
• Nas: Means Three
• Niewi: Means Four
• Alenia: Means man
• Alemwa: Means dog
• Ki'somma: Means sun
• Nipahem: Means moon

If these names seem a bit too unique or hard to pronounce, you can also consider shorter names or those that are more familiar, for example Dakota, Koi, Neka, Ontario and Tate.

For more ideas, check out our list of Native American boy names and meanings

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