Amadahy ᎠᎹᏕᎯ f Cherokee Means forest water from Cherokee a ma water and a do hi i na ge forest or a da wood.

What are some cherokee names. The Five Civilized Tribes were Cherokees Chickasaw Choctaw Creek and Seminole. While the Cherokee name has been in continuous use by Jeep for over 45 years the Cherokee Nation the largest of the three Cherokee tribes has previously said it doesnt approve of Jeeps use of their name. More Cherokee Baby Names Cherokee is an Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee peoples and uses a unique syllabary writing system.

If you include nicknames official titles and honorifics some gods have hundreds of names. The Cherokee are a Native American people who settled primarily in South Carolina North Carolina Georgia and Tennesee. This practice resulted in names such as Ahquatageh and Tehital.

Adsila - blossom Ama - water Sequoia - redwood Immookalee - waterfall Usdi - baby Awinita - fawn Leotie - flower of the prairie Hialeah - beautiful meadow Inola - black fox Ahyoka - she brought happiness and Salali - squirrel. Many legendary characters have more than one name. If you were going to use the Cherokee syllabary to spell the English name Luke you would spell it.

Kanagagota Rayetayah Unaduti and Oukonunaka are other common names for Cherokee Indian males. The Jeep Cherokee and Grand Cherokee were named for the Cherokee people a Native American tribe. Some Cherokee names for girls and their meanings are as follows.

The middle dialect is still spoken in among Cherokee people in North Carolina and the Overhill or western dialect is spoken. The complete alphabetical list of Cherokee Gods and Goddess names. Cherokee has its own alphabet and its own naming rules much like any other language.

Kanagagota means standing turkey and Rayetayah means hanging maw The name Unaduti means woolly head while Oukonunaka means white owl. Some Cherokee surnames have English Scots-Irish and Scottish origins. A1904 newspaper article with a list of Cherokee names lists some familiar surnames such as Fox Hawk Kingfisher and Starr.