sioux names
( meaning )

feminine

chapa ( beaver )
chapawee ( industrious )
cheyenne ( tribe name )
chumani ( dewdrops )

dowanhowee ( singing voice )
dyani ( deer )

ehawee ( laughing maid )

hantaywee ( faithful )

kimimela ( butterfly )

macha ( aurora )
magaskawee ( graceful )
makawee ( earth maiden )
mika ( raccoon )
mina ( eldest daughter )

ojinjintka ( rose )

ptaysanwee ( white buffalo )

shappa ( red thunder )
skah ( white )

tahcawin ( doe )
talutah ( scarlet )

wachiwi ( dancing girl )
wasula ( hair storm )
weayaya ( sunset )
wichahpi ( star )
winona ( firstborn daughter )

zitkala ( bird )
zonta ( trustworthy )

masculine

akecheta ( warrior )
appanoose ( chief when a child )

canowicakte ( kills in woods )
chankoowashtay ( good road )
chaska ( eldest son )
chatan ( hawk )
chayton ( falcon )
ciqala ( little one )

enapay ( brave )

hanska ( tall )
hotah ( strong )

kangee ( crow )
kohana ( swift )

lootah ( flint )
lúta ( red )

mahkah ( earth )
mahpee ( sky )
mahkpia-luta ( red cloud )
mankato ( blue earth )
mato ( bear )
mato watakpe ( running bear )
matoskah ( white bear )

napayshni ( courageous )

odakotah ( friendship )
ogaleesha ( wears a red shirt )
ohanzee ( shadow )
ohiyesa ( winner )
otaktay ( kills many )

sintay galeska ( spotted tail )

tahatan ( hawk )
takoda ( friend to everyone )
tashunka ( horse )
tatanka ptecila ( little bull )
teetonka ( big lodge )
tokala ( fox )

wahkan ( has much practice )
wambleeska ( white eagle )
wapasha ( red leaf )
wasechun tashunka ( american horse )
wicasa ( of wealthy parents )

unisex

dakota ( friendly one )

koda ( friend )

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