ojibwe names
( meaning )

feminine

aki ( earth )
aniib ( elm )
aniibish ( leaf )
aniibishan ( leaves )
anwaatin ( calm )

bawaajige ( dreams )

daanis ( daughter )
dakaasin ( cool wind )

gichigami ( ocean )
giizhig ( day )

megis ( shell )
memengwaa ( butterfly )
miigwan ( feather )
miin ( blueberry plant )
miinan ( blueberry plant )
minwaadizi ( kind )
miskomin ( raspberry )
mizhakwan ( clear sky )

namidstar ( dancing )
neebin ( summer )
nindaanis ( daughter )
nishiime ( younger sister )

okwi ( cloud )

waabigwan ( flower )
waabizii ( swan )
waawaatesi ( firefly )
wakwi ( cloud )
wenona ( first-born daughter )

ziigwan ( spring )

masculine

animkii ( thunder )
asin ( rock )
asiniig ( rock )
azaadipoplar ( tree )

dibikad ( night )

geezis ( sun )
giiwedin ( north )
giizhigoon ( sky )
gizhaate ( sunny )

ininaatig ( maple )
ishkode ( fire )

makwa ( bear )
migizi ( eagle )
mikom ( ice )
mitig ( tree )
mukwoh ( bear )
myeengun ( little wolf )

nibaa ( sleep )
niigaanii ( leads )
noodin ( wind )

ogichidaa ( warrior )
ogimaa ( king )
ogimaag ( king )

shkaabewis ( medicinal helper )

waabakwa ( polar bear )
waagosh ( fox )
waagoshag ( fox )
waatese ( lightning )
waawaashkeshi ( deer )
waubun ( dawn )
wauwauskaeshih ( deer )
wiigwaas ( birch bark )

ziibi ( river )
ziibiin ( river )

unisex

bineshii ( bird )
binesi ( thunderbird )
biskane ( burning fire )

giishkaatig ( cedar )

miskwaadesi ( painted turtle )

nagamo ( singing )
niimi ( dancing )

waaseyaa ( first light from the rising sun )
waawaate ( northern lights )
waussi-noodae ( northern lights )

zenibaa ( ribbon )

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