400 Native American Indian Horse Names

Here is a collection of native American Indian horse names, along with their meanings.

• KEEGSQUAW: Algonquin : "virgin"
• ONATAH: Iroquois: "Daughter of the Earth and Corn Spirit"
• SHESHEBENS: Chippewa: "Small duck"
• PELIPA: Zuni: "lover of horses"
• OYA: Moquelumnan: "Called Forth"
• WICHAHPI: Sioux: "star"
• CHUMANI: Sioux : " dewdrops"
• ZIRACUNY: Kiowa: "Water Monster"
• PULES: Algonquin : "pigeon"
• YEPA: "snow woman"
• KIWIDINOK: Chippewa: "woman of the wind"
• TAIPA: Miwok : "spread wings; flying quail"
• WATSEKA: Potawatomi: "Pretty Woman"
• AWENASA: Cherokee: "my home"
• HINTO: Dakota: "Blue"
• CHEPI: Algonquin : "fairy"
• NATA: "speaker"
• HIALEAH: Seminole: "Pretty Prairie"
• SIPATU: Miwok: "pulled out"
• CHOCHMINGWU: Hopi : "corn mother"
• PAZI: Ponca: "yellow bird"
• YOKI: Hopi : " rain"
• PAMUY or PAMUYA: Hopi : "water moon"
• MAHU: Hopi myth name.
• MAI: "coyote"
• TAKCHAWEE: Sioux : "doe"
• OOLJEE: Navajo : "moon"
• USDI: Cherokee: "baby"
• SATINKA; SANTINKA: "magical dancer"
• TSULA: Cherokee: "Fox"
• KAMAMA: Cherokee: "Butterfly"
• SACAJAWEA: Shoshone: "Bird-woman"
• ODAHINGUM: Cheyenne : "rippling water"
• PANOLA: Choctaw: "Cotton"
• SOOLEAWA: Algonquin : "silver"
• APONI: butterfly
• MIKA: intelligent raccoon
• MAGENA: "moon"
• ISI: Choctaw : "deer"
• ANGENI: "spirit"

• DIBE: Navajo : "sheep"
• CHIMALIS: "bluebird"
• PETUNIA: flower name
• OHCUMGACHE: Cheyenne: "Little wolf"
• SAHPOOLY: Kiowa: "Owl"
• KUCKUNNIWI: Cheyenne: "Little wolf"
• SOKW: Algonquin : "sour"
• OOTA DABUN: Algonquin : "day star"
• LILUYE: Miwok : " singing chicken hawk that soars"
• ONAIWAH: Ojibway: "Pigeon or Dove"
• ODINA: Algonquian: "mountain"
• YANABA: Navajo: "she meets the enemy"
• ONIDA: "the one searched for"
• HACHI: Seminole: "stream"
• GALILAHI: Cherokee : "attractive"
• HONIAHAKA: Cheyenne: "Little wolf"
• WAUNA: Miwok : "singing snow goose"
• PTAYSANWEE: Sioux : "white buffalo"
• ZALTANA: "high mountain"
• HANTAYWEE: Sioux : " faithful"
• TADITA: Omaha : "one who runs"
• WIKIMAK: Algonquin : "wife"
• AWENTIA: fawn
• ALAMEDA: "grove of cottonwood"
• PAKUNA: Miwok : "deer jumping downhill"
• UTINA: Timucua: "woman of my country"
• INOLA: Cherokee: "Black Fox"
• URIKA: Omaha : "useful to all; useful"
• YAMKA: Hopi : "blossom"
• CHA'KWAINA: Hopi : "one who cries"
• TALULAH: Choctaw : "leaping water"
• SANUYE: Miwok : "red cloud at sundown"
• CHA'RISA: Hopi : "elk"
• SONOMA: Miwok: "ground place"
• TABLITA: Hopi : "tiara; crown"
• TAIGI, TAINI: Omaha : "returning moon"
• WAPUN: Potawatomi: "dawn"
• MOSI: Navajo : " cat"
• NECHE: Ojibway: "Friend"

• KWANITA: Zuni: "god is gracious"
• XOCHITL: Nahuatl : "flower"
• HALONA: of happy fortune
• HAKIDONMUYA: Hopi : "time of waiting moon; time of waiting"
• CHU'SI: Hopi : "snake flower"
• EHAWEE: Sioux : "laughing maiden"
• CHENOA: "dove"
• AYASHE, AYASHA: Cheyenne: "little one"
• ANKTI: Hopi : "repeat dance."
• NAMPEYO: Hopi: "Snake Girl"
• DOBA: Navajo : "no war"
• DOWANHOWEE: Sioux: "Singing voice"
• OPA: Choctaw: "owl"
• ITUHA: "sturdy oak or white stone"
• HAUSIS, HAUSISSE: Algonquin : "old woman"
• TAKALA: Hopi : "corn tassel"
• AMITOLA: "rainbow"
• TAIMA:"thunder"
• ADSILA: Cherokee: "blossom"
• ISTAS: "snow"
• ALGOMA: "valley of flowers"
• ALTSOBA: Navajo: "all war; All are at war"
• SOKANON: Algonquin : "rain"
• ALIKKEES: Nez Perce : "haircut"
• TALISA: Creek: "Beautiful Water"
• KUWANYAMTIWA: Hopi : "beautiful badger going over the hill"
• AMADAHY: Cherokee: "forest water"
• MIGISI: Chippewa: "eagle"
• MELI: Zuni : "bitter"
• ANEMY: "Superior"
• YOOMEE: Coos: "Star"
• KANTI: Algonquin : "sings"
• SOYALA: Hopi : " time of the winter solstice"
• NIDAWI: Omaha : " fairy"
• UNA: Hopi : " remember"
• KOKYANGWUTI: Hopi : "spider woman at middle-age"
• MISU: Miwok: "Rippling brook"
• SALALI: Cherokee : "squirrel"
• TIPONI: Hopi : "child of importance"
• TAA: Zuni: "seed"
• NAMID: Cheyenne : "star dancer"

• PAPINA: Miwok : "vine growing around an oak tree"
• KUWANLELENTA: Hopi : "to make beautiful surroundings"
• SHIMASANI: Navajo : " grandmother"
• NADIE: Algonquin : "wise"
• MANKALITA: Zuni name. Meaning unknown
• TUSA: Zuni: "prairie dog"
• SUNI NATI: Zuni: "middle"
• LITONYA: Miwok : " darting hummingbird; hummingbird darting"
• WINEMA: "chief"
• NIMEDA: Potawatomi: "Dance"
• GIGYAGO: Potawatomi: "Girl"
• ANEVAY: "superior"
• SHIMA: Navajo : "mother"
• POLOMA: Choctaw : "bow"
• PATI: Miwok : " break by twisting; fish basket"
• MONA: gathered of the seed of a jimson weed
• NINOVAN: Cheyenne: "our home"
• HELKI: Miwok : "touch"
• OLATHE: "beautiful"
• STINKA: "magical dancer"
• NITUNA: "daughter"
• ETHETE: Arapaho: "Good"
• WEEKO: Sioux : " pretty"
• AHAWI: Cherokee: "Deer"
• WACHIWI: Sioux : " dancer; dancing girl"
• HALOKE: Navajo : "salmon"
• ZONTA: Sioux: "Trusted"
• OJINJINTKA: Sioux: "rose"
• KIWIDINOK: Cheyenne : "of the wind"
• CHITSA: "fair"
• TOLINKA: Miwok : "flapping ear of a coyote; coyote's long ears flapping"
• NOYA: Cherokee: "Sand"
• TIVA: Hopi : " dance"
• TSIISHCH'ILI: Navajo: "Curly haired"
• SHUMAN: Hopi : " rattlesnake handler"
• NOVA: Hopi : "chases butterfly"
• TSOMAH: Kiowa: "Yellow Hair"
• QUAHNEAH : Cheyenne: "morning dew" -- kwa-nay-ah
• ANPAYTOO: Sioux: "radiant"
• SAHKYO: Navajo : "mink"
• AGASGA: Cherokee: "Rain"
• MINYA: Osage: "Older Sister"
• CHAPA: Sioux : "beaver"
• WUTI: Hopi : "woman"
• NINA: "strong"

• TANGAKWUNU: Hopi: "Rainbow"
• BYHALIA: Choctaw: "White Oaks Standing"
• WOYA: Cherokee: "Dove"
• GAHO: mother
• WYOME: Algonquian: "large plain"
• KINTA: Choctaw: "Deer"
• FLO: "arrow"
• ANNA: Algonquin: "mother"
• NASHOTA: "twin"
• SHADA: "pelican"
• MUNA: Hopi : "overflowing spring"
• KENDA: Dakota: "Magical Powers"
• LULU: "rabbit"
• TAYANITA: Cherokee : "young beaver"
• MEOQUANEE: Cheyenne : "wears red"
• KOSA: Cheyenne: "Sheep"
• SIKYA: Hopi: "small canyon"
• PANA: Blackfoot: "Partridge"
• DEZBA: Navajo : "goes to war; there was no war"
• UNEGA: Cherokee: "white"
• SNANA: Sioux: "jingle like little bells"
• ABEQUA, ABEQUE: Cheyenne: "stays at home"
• DOLI: Navajo : " bluebird"
• HAIWEE: Shoshone: "Dove"
• HUMITA: Hopi : "shelled corn"
• NAMID or NAMIDA: Chippewa: "Star Dancer"
• KIMAMA: Shoshone : "butterfly"
• SUNKI: Hopi : "to catch up with"
• CHA'RISA: Hopi: "Elk"
• MEOQUANEE: Chippewa: "wears red"
• ELU: Zuni: "Beautiful"
• KUWANYAUMA: Hopi : "butterfly showing beautiful wings"
• TADEWI: Omaha : "wind"
• BENA: "pheasant"
• MIMITEH: Omaha : " new moon"
• PETA, PETAH: Blackfoot : " golden eagle"
• KEEZHEEKONI: Cheyenne : "burning fire"
• ASDZA: Navajo: "woman"
• ETENIA: "rich"

• SKENANDOA: Iroquois: "Deer"
• JACI: Tupi: " moon"
• OMINOTAGO: Cheyenne : "beautiful voice"
• SISIKA: "bird"
• MITUNA: Miwok : " wraps salmon in willow leaves"
• QUANAH : Comanche: " fragrant"
• AHYOKA: Cherokee: "She brought happiness"
• CHILAILI: "snowbird"
• WINONA, WENONA, WENONAH: Sioux : "giving; first born daughter"
• KAI: Navajo : "willow tree"
• AWENDELA: morning
• TIWA: Zuni: "Onion"
• DOYA: Cherokee: "Beaver"
• ALSOOMSE: Algonquin: "independent"
• YATOKYA: Zuni: "sun"
• SAPATA: Miwok: "dancing bear"
• KEWANEE: Potawatomi: "prairie hen"
• POWAQA: Hopi : "witch"
• KIMI: Algonquin : "secret"
• MAKKITOTOSIMEW: Algonquin : "she has large breasts"
• LOMASI: "pretty flower"
• MAKAWEE: Sioux : " mothering; earth maiden or generous"
• WASHTA: Sioux: "Good"
• ANABA: Navajo: "returns from war; She returns from war"
• ABEDABUN: Cheyenne: "sight of day"
• SASA: Cherokee: "Goose"
• TULA: Choctaw: "Peak"
• MAHAL: "woman"
• ANAMOSA: Sauk: "White Fawn"
• ABETZI: Omaha: "yellow leaf"
• HUATA: Moquelumnan: "Basket Carrier"
• SITALA: Miwok : "of good memory; display memory"
• CHU'MANA: Hopi : "snake maiden"
• TUWA, TUUWA: Hopi : "earth"
• MACHA: Sioux: "aurora"
• MACAWI: Sioux : "generous"
• WANETA: "charger"
• TAINI: Omaha: "new moon"
• WAKI: Hopi : "shelter"
• KANGEE: Sioux: "Raven"
• DONOMA: Omaha : "sight of the sun; visible sun"

• NITA: Choctaw : "bear"
• ATEPA: Choctaw: "wigwam"
• TANSY: Hopi : "name of a flower"
• MANSI: Hopi : "plucked flower"
• WEAYAYA: Sioux: "sunset"
• CALFURAY: Mapuche: "violet flower"
• AT'EED: Navajo: "girl"
• ABEY: Omaha: "leaf"
• ZITKALA: Dakota : "bird"
• WYANET: "beautiful"
• KIMIMELA: Sioux : "butterfly"
• BONITA: Apache: "Beautiful"
• DYANI: "deer"
• MALILA: Miwok : "fast salmon swimming up a rippling stream;salmon going fast up a rippling stream"
• OTEKAH: Navajo: "Sun Maiden" (oh-tee-kuh)
• COCHETA: "stranger"
• SITSI: Navajo : "daughter"
• LISELI: Zuni name. Meaning unknown
• KAKAWANGWA: Hopi : "bitter"
• HONOVI: Hopi : "strong deer"
• MITENA: Omaha: "born under coming or new moon"
• CHOSOVI: Hopi : "bluebird"
• KAYA: Hopi : "elder sister"
• CHOSPOSI: Hopi : "bluebird eye"
• ZIHNA: Hopi : "spins; spinning"
• MIGINA: Omaha : "returning moon"
• YONA: Cherokee: "bear"
• AMA: Cherokee: "Water"
• TAHKI: Algonquin: "cold"
• KACHINA: Hopi : "spirit, sacred dancer"
• NITTAWOSEW: Algonquin : "she is not sterile"
• NUKPANA: Hopi : "evil"
• SINOPA: Blackfoot : "fox; kit fox"
• GOLA: Cherokee: "Winter"
• ROZENE: "rose"
• LOMAHONGVA: Hopi : "beautiful clouds arising"
• KOKO: Blackfoot : "night"
• AWINITA: Cherokee: "fawn"
• MAPIYA: Sioux : "sky; sky or heavenly"
• TACI: Zuni: "Washtub"
• POLIKWAPTIWA: Hopi : "butterfly sitting on a flower"
• NUTTAH: Algonquin : "my heart"

• GOGA: Cherokee: "Summer"
• HOLA: Hopi: "Seed Filled Club"
• ENOLA: "solitary"
• TOKALA: Dakota: "Fox"
• KASA: Hopi : "dressed in furs"
• NATANE: Arapaho: "Daughter"
• AYITA: Cherokee: "first to dance"
• SHIDEEZHI: Navajo : "younger sister"
• NIYOL: Navajo: "Wind"
• CHLUMANI: Sioux: "Dew"
• OGIN: "wild rose"
• ALESHANEE: Coos : "She plays all the time"
• AWANATA: Miwok: "turtle"
• CHOLENA: "bird"
• MINAL: fruit
• NAHIMANA: Sioux : "mystic"
• WITASHNAH: Sioux : "virginal"
• OSYKA: Choctaw: "Eagle"
• MAGASKAWEE: Sioux : " graceful; swan maiden; swan girl"
• NUMEES: Algonquin : "sister"
• MAKA: Sioux : "earth"
• WAWETSEKA: Potawatomi: "pretty woman"
• LEOTIE: flower of the prairie
• MINA: Sioux: "Oldest Daughter"
• SADZI: Carrier: "Disposition"
• ODAHINGUM: Chippewa: "Rippling water"
• TOTSI: Hopi : "moccasins"
• HUATA: Miwok : " carrying seeds in a basket; to carry seeds"
• MALIA: Zuni : " bitter;bitter or sea of bitterness"
• LUYO: "wild dove"
• SAWNI or SUWANEE: Seminole: "Echo"
• KINEKS: "rosebud"
• KAMALI: Mahona: "Spirit Guide"

• MARALAH: born during an earthquake
• NIABI: Osage : "fawn"
• ATSILA: Cherokee: "Fire"
• ONAWA: "wide awake"
• HOWI: Miwok: "Turtle dove"
• NEKOMA: Chippewa: "Grandmother"
• HUYANA: Miwok : " falling rain; rain falling"
• NUNA: "land"
• KEEZHEEKONI: Chippewa: "fire briskly burning"
• MANABA: Navajo : " return to war; war returned with her coming"
• ORENDA: Iroquois : "magic power"
• TOOANTUH: Cherokee: "Spring frog"
• NIJLON: Algonquin : "mistress"
• PAKWA: Hopi : "frog"
• CHAPAWEE: Sioux: "Industrious, Busy"
• ADOETTE: Kiowa: large tree, big tree"
• TALA: "wolf"
• TEHYA: "precious"
• SUNI: Zuni: "Native Tribal Member"
• IMALA: "disciplines"
• HATEYA: Miwok: "to press with the foot"
• FALA: Choctaw : "crow"
• WENONA: "firstborn daughter"
• PAVATI: Hopi : "clear water"
• MEMDI: henna
• TAMA: "thunder"
• HURIT: Algonquin : "beautiful"
• AIYANA: "Forever flowering; eternal blossom"
• ANGPETU: Sioux: " Radiant, Day"
• AQUENE: peace
• MIAKODA: power of the moon
• AMAYETA: Miwok : Meaning is unknown
• OMUSA: Miwok : "misses with arrows; missing when shooting with arrows"
• ALAWA: Algonquin: "pea"
• MIGISI: Cheyenne : "eagle"
• DENA: "valley"

• KOLENYA: Miwok : "coughing fish"
• SHADI: Navajo : " older sister"
• NIRVELLI: Tudas: "Water child"
• HEHEWUTI: Hopi : "warrior mother spirit"
• YENENE: Miwok: "medicine man"
• ABEYTU: Omaha: "green leaf"
• GENESSEE: Iroquois: "beautiful valley"
• YAZHI: Navajo : " little one"
• NOKOMIS: Cheyenne : "grandmother"
• CATORI: Hopi: "spirit"
• SINOPA: Cayuse: "Fox Cub"
• EYOTA: Sioux: "great"
• YUTU: Miwok: "coyote out hunting"
• MITENA:Ojibway: "Born at the New Moon"
• NASCHA: Navajo : "owl"
• KELE: Hopi: "Sparrow"
• NISHWEQUANNIQUAWESEH: Algonquin: "third little doe" (third daughter)
• PAUWAU: Algonquin : "witch"
• ANGWUSNASOMTAQA: Hopi : "crow mother spirit"
• ALAQUA: "sweet gum tree"
• MISAE: Osage : "white sun"
• WAKANDA: Sioux : "possesses magical power"
• TIS-SEE-WOO-NA-TIS: Cheyenne : "she who bathes with her knees"
• TALUTAH: Sioux : "blood-red"
• MAUSI: plucks flowers
• POSALA: Miwok : "farewell to spring flowers"
• WICAPI WAKAN, WIKAPI WAKAN: Dakota : "holy star"
• WANEKIA: Paiute: "Makes Life"
• TOSKI: Hopi: "Squash Bug"
• SIHU: Hopi : "flower"
• HIAWASSEE: Cherokee: "Meadow"
• LEQUOIA: meaning unknown (probably an alteration of sequoia, name of a giant redwood tree)
• COAHOMA: Choctaw: "Red Panther"
• SULETU: Miwok : " flies; to fly around"
• BLY: "tall"
• TAKHI: Algonquin : "cold"
• LUYU: "wild dove"
• MEDA: prophetess
• CIQALA : Dakota: "Little one"
• KALISKA: Miwok : "coyote chasing deer"
• WIHAKAYDA: Sioux : "little one"
• LENMANA: Hopi : "flute girl"