MIGDLIAĸmGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "umbilical cord", meaning "a mat to place for food, dish", "a piece of skin or cloth under food" or Greenlandic shaman's language name meaning "an older brother to a girl".
MIMITEHfOmaha-Ponca (?), Popular Culture Possibly a variant of Mi'mite, an Omaha name of uncertain meaning, or a variant of the Omaha name Mi'mitega meaning "new moon". This is the name of a Native American vampire in Scott Snyder's comic book series American Vampire (2010-).
MINIKm & fGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "blubber" (i.e., "viscid train oil which is being used as sealing for skin boats") or "earwax" (a mainstream interpretation). It seemed to rise in popularity in the late 20th century after several books were published about the controversy surrounding the Inughuit boy Minik (c.1890-1918), who was among a group brought by the explorer Robert E. Peary from their home in northwest Greenland to New York in 1897... [more]
MISKIfQuechua Means "honey" and "sweet" in Quechua.
MISKWEMINANOCSQUAfAlgonquin Means "Raspberry Star Woman" in the Eastern Algonquin language of Mohegan-Pequot. A famous bearer is Miss Native American USA 2017-2018, Autumn Rose Miskweminanocsqua Williams.
MOCTEZUMAmNative American, Nahuatl It is a compounds of a noun meaning "lord" and a verb meaning "to frown in anger", and so is interpreted as "he is one who frowns like a lord" or "he who is angry in a noble manner".
MOKImNative American The name Moki comes from the Native American origin. Moki means Deer in Native American. -"Native American" isn't a language. Do you know the language or tribe of origin?
NAASUNNGUAQfGreenlandic Greenlandic female name meaning ''sweet little flower'', from naasoq meaning ''flower, plant'' and nnguaq a suffix meaning ''sweet, dear''.
NAJAfGreenlandic, Danish Means "little sister (to a boy)" in Greenlandic. (This word bears the same meaning in most Inuit dialects, while in Yupik it also means "unmarried girl, virgin".) In Greenland it has several popular derivatives including Najannguaq ("dear Naja"), Najaaraq ("little Naja") and Najattaaq ("new younger sister").... [more]
NAKOMAf & mNative American, Popular Culture Allegedly means "I do as I promise" in Chippewa (according to another source, "we will stand together"). It was borne by the wife of 19th-century fur trader Peter Abadie Sarpy (a member of the Iowa tribe of Native Americans)... [more]
ÑAMANDUmTupi Meaning "God" in Tupí, this name is popular in North-Eastern Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil.
NAMPEYOfTewa, Native American From the Tewa name Num-pa-yu meaning "snake that does not bite". This was borne by the Hopi-Tewa potter Nampeyo of Hano (1859-1942), the daughter of a Tewa woman and a Hopi man.
NANDUAfNative American, History The name of a 17th-century Native American woman of the Accawmacke tribe, daughter of Chief Debedeavon, who became an ally to the English colonists.
NATUKfGreenlandic This is believed to have originated as a nursery form of the Greenlandic word inequnartoq "sweet, cute", shortened and simplified to natuk through the common custom of babbling or cooing with a baby... [more]
NAUSSOĸfGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "flower, plant" or "growing".
NAVAGIAĸmGreenlandic Means "the one who travelled from place to place". In Greenlandic mythology this is the name of a character who dies and travels from animal to animal as a spirit until he is finally reborn as a human.
NAVARANAfGreenlandic, Danish (Rare) Greenlandic name meaning "one who alternates between different parties", derived from the Proto-Eskimo root *naverar "to trade, exchange" and the name suffix na. In legend Navarana was an Inuit woman who brought about disunity by alternating between her tribe of native Greenlanders and the Norse colonists... [more]
NGÂNGAfGreenlandic Greenlandic name, onomatopoetic for baby bawling.
NHEENGATUmTupi Popular name in ancient Guarani nations, it is now the name of a dialect of Guarani, and popular name for males of Tupi descent in Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina and common among males of Tupi descent in Uruguay.
NIDAWIfOmaha-Ponca Baby name books and sites list this name as meaning "fairy", but that is incorrect. In Omaha, nidawį actually means "elephant woman", from the Omaha nida referring to the giant bones found in riverbanks.
NIVIANAfGreenlandic Formed from Niviaq and the Inuit name suffix na, which indicates a personal name.
NIVIAQf & mGreenlandic Derived from the Greenlandic word niviarsiaq "girl" (compare Niviarsiaq), possibly meaning "reincarnated as a girl".
NIVIARSIAĸfGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "young woman or girl, maiden, girl of marriageable age", combined with Niviaĸ and -siaq "acquired as" or meaning "Rosebay Willowherb" (Name meanings depend per dialect).
NIVIATSIAĸfGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "graceful, beautiful girl" with the combination of Niviaĸ and suffix -tsiaq "beautiful", "fair", "fairly good", "precious", "sweet", "fair-sized", "nice", "good", "handsome".
NOOTAUmNative American Many sources list the meaning as "fire" in Algonquin, but this is incorrect. The Algonquin word for fire is ishkode. It does however mean "a fire, especially for cooking" in the Narragansett language, of the Narragansett tribe, who were an Algonquin peoples.
NUIANAfGreenlandic Greenlandic name of uncertain origin, possibly from nuiaq "cloud" or from the stem nui- "sewing, basket-making", combined with the name suffix na.
NUJAKINAfGreenlandic Means "horned grebe" in Greenlandic, using the suffix -na.
NUKARTÂĸm & fGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "newborn younger sibling of speaker's gender".
NUKARTÂVAf & mGreenlandic Greenlandic name meaning "his/her new little brother/sister". Combination of Nukartâĸ and suffix -a, possessive-genitive marker.