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  Name European Old Spelling
  Name European Old Spelling
A
 Aaja  S Âja
 Aajaajaq  S Âjâjaĸ
 Aajamaak  S Âjamâk
 Aakaja  S Âkaja
Aakasik  S Âkasik
  Common endearment term for children meaning: 'poor little mite'. Greenlanders use these with the opposite meaning. The ending -kasik also is often used in personal names, such as: Aqqalukasik (poor littlebrother to older sister), Unaakasik (poor harpoon), Aakasak (here Aakasik in Central Western Greenlandic).
 Aannguaraarsuk  S Ãnguarârssuk
 Aarnguaq  S Ârnguaĸ
 Aarnuaq  S Ârnuaĸ
 Akik  SWAkik
 Akkajuk  S Ákajuk
 Akulluina  S Akutdluina
 Alaqa  S Alaĸa
 Allerunnguaq  S Agdlerúnguaĸ
 Amaatilik  S Amautilik
 Amajeq  S Amajeĸ
 Angerlarneq  S Angerdlarneĸ
 Anneq  S Angneĸ
 Anngilik  S Ángilik
 Aqaatilik  SWAĸautilik
 Arnaati  S Arnaute
 Assagiaq  S Agssagiaĸ
 Atagunnguaq  S Atagúnguaĸ
E
 Eqalleq  S Eqatdleĸ
 Eqqaaraq  S Erĸâraĸ
I
 Ikitannguaq  S Ikitánguaĸ
 Illioq  S EleonoraItdlioĸ
 Inuinnaq  SWInuínaĸ
 Inukuaq  S Inukuaĸ
 Inunnguujuk  S Inúngûjuk
 Ipeqqiaq  S Iperĸiaĸ
 Iperaq  S Iperaĸ
 Itaara  S Itâra
 Itsiaq  S Itsiaĸ
Ivaaraq  SWIvâraĸ
 From the word 'ivaaq' which means 'Brood Egg', or 'the Brooded/Embraced One (to keep warm or in affection'), with the diminutive ending -araq (Sweet and Little One).

Variants: Ivaaq (the Brooded One), Ivaneq (The One Who Has Brooded or The One Who Has Been Brooded On), and Ivaana with the names suffix -na.

Mythological names which are yet to be included this names list: 'Ivaasaq' (the One Having Been Brooded) name of a female shaman from the Qeqertarsuaq region, and 'Ivalimaaq' (The Adept Brooder) as well as Ivaniisaq (The One Resembling Ivaneq), both originally from East-Greenland.
K
 Kaanaq  S Kânaĸ
 Kannuaq  S Kánuaĸ
 Kartaja  S Kartaja
 Kitsaak  S Kitsâk
 Kuannia ES Kuánia
 Kummineq  S Kungmineĸ
 Kutsornaq  S Kutsornaĸ
 Kutsunnguaq  S Kutsúnguaĸ
 Kuutsak  S Kûtsak
M
 Maarnaki  S Mârnake
 Maaseraq  S Mâsseraĸ
 Makaja  S Makaja
 Makiuarneq  S Makiuarneĸ
 Marloq  S Mardloĸ
 Marlu  S Mardlo
 Mataagaaq  S Mataugâĸ
N
 Naammak  S Nãmak
 Nakinngitsoq  S Nakíngitsoĸ
 Naloqqat  S Nalorĸat
 Naqiit  S Naĸît
 Narsingaleq  S Narsingaleĸ
 Nasaasaq  SWNasaussaĸ
 Nassuaq  S Nássuaĸ
 Nassuina  S Nássuina
 Nasugaq  S Nasugaĸ
 Nataaq  SWNatâĸ
 Nattaraq  S Nagtaraĸ
NavaranaN S Navarana
 "The One That Alternates Between Different Parties". From the Proto-Eskimo: naverar-, which in Yupik has evolved into meaning 'to exchange', 'to trade' or 'to borrow', ending with the names suffix -na. The stem might be related to 'niruver-' (niuver-), which in Greenlandic has evolved into meaning 'to trade'.

Navarana is the main character in a legend which is known among most Inuit tribes, the name depicts an activity where a person alternated between two different tribes and ended up creating disunity. In Greenland it was a woman between the Norsemen and the Greenlanders, in other Inuit tribes it was an activity between Inuit and Indians.

The name has developed different variants throughout time, such as Avranna or Aijanna in Inuvialuit and Inuinnaqtun, where the main character was a male, among Inuit in Labrador it was an Indian woman named Javraganak.

The stem nava- is also used as a name in the legend of Navagiaq, where N. travels from animal to animal as a soul and ends up crawling into a woman and become born again among humans. The ending -giaq suggests the meaning 'travel' or 'be out'.

In Iñupiaq, the shore bird 'Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)' is in some places known as navaluġauraq, perhaps due to its flying back and forth by the shore.

Number of name bearers: Navarana 65 (in Grl.). 18 (in DK).
 Nuuku ES Nûko
O
 Orpa  S Orpa
 Orsiaq  S Orsiaĸ
 Orsiina  S Orssîna
 Orunnguaq  S Orúnguaĸ
P
 Paajoq  S Pâjoĸ
 Paara  S Pâra
 Pajunngua  S Pajúngua
 Panisuiaq  S Panisuiaĸ
 Panuinnaq  S Panuínaĸ
 Papittalik  S Papigtalik
 Parna  S Parna
 Parniina  S Parnîna
 Peqinganeq  S Peĸinganeĸ
 Pinngisaartoq  S Píngissârtoĸ
 Puia  S Puia
 Pujunnguaq  S Pujúnguaĸ
 Puujuk  S BoyePûjuk
Q
 Qaajak  S K'aujak
 Qaajarsuk  S K'aujarssuk
 Qaamiisaq  S K'âmîsaĸ
 Qarsoq  S K'arssoĸ
 Qavak  S K'avak
 Qeqqeq  S K'erĸeĸ
 Qingajik  S K'ingajik
Quneq  S K'uneκ
 'sweet', 'beautiful.' A short form of '(ine)qunaaq' (the sweet, adorable one). The Eastern Greenlandic name from the same stem as 'Qunaaq' is 'Qunerseeq', which carries the same meaning. Likewise Quneqitooq which means 'the very sweet or beautiful one' was a name for a woman from Uummannaq who had moved to north of Upernavik in the 1880s.

Other names with the same meaning is the Western Greenlandic girls and boys name 'Qunerna' (one whom one finds sweet/attractive) and the Western Greenlandic girls name 'Quniganna'.

The word 'quniitsoq' with the opposite meaning: 'the ugly/untidy' one can be found in the dictionary, the Eastern Greenlandic girls and boys hypocoristic name 'Quninngi' (the not attractive/sweet one) is also derived from this stem.
 Quuik  S K'ûik
S
 Saamuk  S Sâmuk
 Sanninga  S Sáninga
 Sapangaq  S Sapangaĸ
 Saqqa  S Sarĸa
 Sarmoq  S Sarmoĸ
 Sikitaq  S Sikitaĸ
 SimigaqN SWSimigaĸ
 Siorakitsoq  S Siorakitsoĸ
 Suiaq  S Suiaĸ
 Sungusaq  S Sungussaĸ
 Sutsiaq  S Sutsiaĸ
T
 Takkarsi  S Tákarsse
 Tapai  S Tapai
 Tapinngua  S Tapínguva
 Tappinngua  S Tápínguva
 Taqqina  S Tarĸina
 Tarti  S Tarte
 Tiaraneq  S Tiaraneĸ
 Tiaraq  S Tiaraĸ
 Tikkineq  S Tíkineĸ
 Tooq  S Tôĸ
 Tupernaq  S Tupernaĸ
U
 Uitsarissoq  S Uitsarigssoĸ
 Ujamik  S Ujamik
 Ujoqqua  S Ujorĸua
 Ukaliina  S Ukalîna
 Ukkaq ES Uvkaĸ
Ulartoq  S Ulartoκ
 see under Ulaajuk
 Uliuk  S Uliuk
 Ulu  S Ulo
 Ulualina  S Ulualina
 Unaranaq  S Unaranaĸ
 Unassaq  S Unagssaĸ
 Upilleq  S Upitdleĸ
 Usaaq  S Ussâĸ

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