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	Name	♀	♂	☼	European	Old Spelling
	Name	♀	♂	☼	European	Old Spelling
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▸	Aaju	♀	♂	W		Âjo
	Aaju is a so-called babbling name. A small child tries to say "angaju" (big sister or brother) and produces the sound "aaju" instead. These names usually are used internally in the family, but as is often the case, they stick to the person and evolves into personal names.
▸	Aajunnguaq	♀	♂	W		Âjúnguaĸ
	From Aaju, a so-called babbling name, supplied with the ending: -nnguaq (dear or sweet). A small child tries to say "angaju" (big sister or brother) and produces the sound "aaju". These designations usually are used internally in the family, but as is often the case, these designations stick to the person and evolve into personal names.
	Aalaaraq	♀		W		Âlâraĸ
	Aalari	♀		W		Âlare
	Aalu	♀		W		Âlo
	Aama	♀	♂	N  W		Auma
	Aamaq	♀		W		Aumaĸ
	Aannguaq	♀	♂	W		Ãnguaĸ
	Aarsuatsiaq	♀		W		Ârssuatsiaĸ
	Aaruna	♀	♂	N  W		Âruna
	Aati	♀		W		Âte
	Aatsuk	♀		W		Âtsuk
	Affaaraq	♀		W		Avfâraĸ
	Aguna	♀		W		Aguna
	Aja	♀		W		Aja
	Ajaaja	♀	♂	W		Ajâja
	Ajuina	♀		W		Ajuina
	Aka	♀	♂	W		Aka
▸	Akannguaq	♀	♂	W		Akánguaĸ
	Hypocoristic name. Meaning: From the kinship term Nuka (littlesister or brother to the speaker), prattled by a sibling as Aka, with the ending -nnguaq (Sweet little Aka).
	Akartaa	♀		W		Akartâ
	Akik	♀	♂	SW		Akik
▸	Akisooq	♀	♂	W		Akisôκ
	the Precious One.
	Akulluana	♀		W		Akuvdluana
	Akunnguaq	♀		W		Akúnguaĸ
	Alasuaq	♀	♂	W		Alasuaĸ
	Aleqa	♀		W		Aleĸa
	Aleqaaraq	♀		W		Aleĸâraĸ
	Aleqannguaq	♀		W		Aleĸánguaĸ
	Aligioq	♀		W		Aligioĸ
	Allinna	♀		W		Agdlína
	Allisuna	♀		W		Agdlisuna
▸	Amaalik	♀	♂	W		Amâlik
	Amaalik was traditionally a name used by both genders. For females Amaalik means "the One Carrying a Child in Her Amaat (a womans coat with a large hood to carry children)". Amaalik is also a birds name for the Common Eider duck, which is white on its back (also sometimes referred to as Qaqujuk (the white one)).
	Amataq	♀		W		Amataĸ
	Ameraq	♀		W		Ameraĸ
	Ammaloqisaaq	♀		W		Angmaloĸisâĸ
	Aneerajik	♀	♂	E W		Anêrajik
	Angajooraq	♀	♂	W		Angajôraĸ
	Angaju	♀	♂	W		Angajo
	Angajulleq	♀	♂	W		Angajugdleĸ
▸	Angerla	♀	♂	W		Angerdla
	Girls and boys name (mostly in Northern Greenland). The name is a short form of the word angerlartoq, the one who has returned, or angerlartoqut, ‘the person who once again has returned’. Due to ritual name avoidance (taboos in mentioning names in traditional society), family members were weary of mentioning names of their deceased, even when babies were born and named after them, thus alternative forms of address were used such as: Angerla (short form of ‘angerlartoqut' (the one who has returned home), and Utertoq (the returned one), perhaps also Qaaqqutsiaq (the summoned one) and Taatsiaq (the fancied mention). These forms of address have evolved into independent names over time. Angerla belongs to this category. The concept of angerlartussiaq (the one who was destined to return (to be born again after death) is often used in Greenlandic myths and legends.
	Angerlannguaq	♀	♂	W		Angerdlánguaĸ
▸	Angerlartoq	♀	♂	W		Angerdlartoĸ
	'The One Returning Back Home'. Either an alternative designation for a person who was named after a deceased (due to names taboo), or a person who, since childhood was subject to certain rituals, to be destined to return home after having drowned at sea in the kayak (Angerlartussiaq - see: Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo, Edinburgh, London: W. Blackwood and Sons, nr. 79, pp. 414 - 418: Avatarsuak, who was baptised Nathan).
	Angiluk	♀		W		Angiluk
	Annersaq	♀		W		Angnerssaĸ
▸	Anngalik	♀		W		Ángalik
	Kinship term meaning ‘She Who Has a Niece/Nephew from Her Brother’. (opposite qangiak/qangiaq: his brothers child, nuaraluaq & ujoruk: sisters child.) The ending -lik usually denotes that the the root word is a form of amulet or helper spirit.
	Apaa	♀		W		Apâ
	Apaajaq	♀		W		Apaujaĸ
	Apannguaq	♀	♂	W		Apánguaĸ
	Apia	♀		W		Apia
	Apileq	♀		W		Apileĸ
	Appa	♀	♂	W		Agpa
	Appaaq	♀		W		Agpâĸ
▸	Apunnguaq	♀	♂	W		Apúnguaκ
	Meaning: Probably from Aputsiaq, but could also be a short form of the Greenlandic pronounciation of the European name Apollo = Apulu = Apu, with -nnguaq (sweet, little) as an ending, or from the girls name Abelone = Apuluut = Apu.
▸	Aputsiaq	♀	♂	W		Aputsiaĸ
	Meaning: snow crystal. The name Aputsiaq became known when the French author Paul-Emile Victor (1907-1995) published the children's book Aputsiaq, det lille snefnug in 1970 (first published in French in 1950 as Apoutsiak, le petit flocon de neige.), the Greenlandic version was published in 1984 with the title Aputsiaq nittaalannguaq. A mainstream interpretation is that the name means snowflake, but a snowflake is qanik in Greenlandic and Oqaasiliortut - The Language Council, has sugeested to use snow crystal for Aputsiaq instead, since this is the correct word to use.
	Aqaatilik	♀	♂	SW		Aĸautilik
	Aqartina	♀		W		Aĸartina
	Aqisseq	♀		W		Aĸigsseĸ
▸	Aqissiaq	♀	♂	N  W		Aĸigssiaĸ
	Mythological name, meaning Ptarmigan chick. The main character in one of the best known myths in Greenland was Aqissiaq. (The myth is believed to be inherited from Tuniit - Dorset people, as it is not to be encountered throughout the Arctic, except among Indians in Northwestern Canada.)
	Aqqajuna	♀		W		Arĸajuna
	Arfaaraq	♀		W		Arfâraĸ
	Arfitsiaq	♀		W		Arfitsiaĸ
▸	Ari	♀	♂	W		Are
	Meaning: Hypocoristic name from Central Western Greenland, primarily to boys, and bear the meaning "the Sweet One", "Lovable" and /or "Precious One", Arivaraq f.ex. (Little Ari). Another similar name is: Ara, short form of "asasara" (my beloved).
	Arivaraq	♀	♂	W		Arivaraĸ
	Arnaajuma	♀		W		Arnaujuma
	Arnaaleq	♀		W		Arnâleĸ
	Arnaalunnguaq	♀		W		Arnâlúnguaĸ
	Arnaaniaq	♀		W		Arnauniaĸ
	Arnaannaq	♀		W		Arnáinaĸ
	Arnaarannguaq	♀		W		Arnâránguaĸ
	Arnaaraq	♀		N  W		Arnâraĸ
	Arnaaratsiannguaq	♀		W		Arnâratsiánguaκ
	Arnaavaq	♀		W		Arnavâĸ
	Arnajaraq	♀		W		Arnajaraĸ
	Arnaliaq	♀		W		Arnaliaĸ
	Arnamaaq	♀		W		Arnamâĸ
	Arnannguaq	♀		N  W		Arnánguaĸ
	Arnaq	♀		W		Arnaĸ
	Arnaqaq	♀		W		Arnaĸaĸ
	Arnaqoq	♀		W		Arnaĸoĸ
	Arnaqqi	♀		W		Arnarĸe
	Arnaraatsiannguaq	♀		W		Arnarâtsiánguaᴋ
▸	Arnarissoq	♀		W		Arnarigsoĸ
	Although it is tempting to interpret the name to"anaanagissoq" (the One with the good Mother), it is more likely that the name means: "the well-made female". A significant number of Greenlandic stems have to do with 'arnaq' (girl/woman), it is also common to give names according to appearance, examples: Ulaajuk (well-shaped/round one), Angutitsiaq (the handsome or good man), Taorana (a pleasure to watch), Pinnernaq (the beautiful one), Eri (short form of "eriarnaq" from Thule Inuit: good companion, pretty/beautiful) etc.
	Arnarsaq	♀		W		Arnarsaĸ
	Arnartaq	♀		W		Arnartaĸ
	Arnatsiaq	♀		W		Arnatsiaĸ
▸	Arnatuk	♀		W		Arnatuk
	Mythological name. The name is from the mythological concept re. soul or name wandering: arnattoq (of arnappoq: "seeks a mother“, i.e. a soul being born into different shapes and animals before crawling into the womb of a woman to be born again and re-claim his/her name.) The girls name Natuk could be a simplified version of this name.
	Arnatuunnguaq	♀		W		Arnatũnguaĸ
	Arnavaaq	♀		W		Arnavâĸ
	Arnavaraq	♀		W		Arnavaraĸ
	Arnaviaq	♀		W		Arnaviaĸ
	Arnavinnguaq	♀		W		Arnavínguaĸ
	Arnisaq	♀		W		Arnissaĸ
	Arpallak	♀		W		Arpatdlak
	Asiaq	♀	♂	W		Asiaĸ
▸	Asiarpak	♀		W		Asiarpak
	A name of a flower. 'Butterfly orchid' (platanthera hyperborea). Fra protoeskimoisk stamme 'atyar' der betød 'bær', rimeligvis sammenblandet med
	Asii	♀		W		Asê
	Assagaq	♀		W		Agssagaĸ
	Atsa	♀		W		Atsa
	Atsaaka	♀		W		Atsâka
	Atsaaraq	♀		W		Atsâraĸ
	Atunguuna	♀		W		Atungûna
	Avaalaqiak	♀		W		Avâlaĸiak
	Avaaraq	♀		W		Avâraĸ
	Avalak	♀	♂	W		Avalak
	Avalequt	♀	♂	W		Avaleĸut
▸	Avaruna	♀		W		Avaruna
	Shortened form of a originally hypocoristic name from the stem ‘avaaq’ (back of the head), avaarpoq (hits the back of the head) as in ‘avaannguaq’ (dear little one who falls and hits the back of the head), ‘avaaruna’ (the little one who hits the back of the head). Other names with the same suffix are: Aaruna (there she/he is), Mikeruna (how small you are), Tuaruna (how ugly you are (reverse meaning: you are so sweet), from the babbling form of ‘aarsuaruna -> aattuaruna -> tuaruna). There are several Greenlandic names with the stem ‘avaaq’ : Avaaraq (little back of the head), Avarunnguaq (dear little one who has has fallen to hit the back of the head), Avaavak (the one who has tendencies to fall and hit the back of the head) and perhaps Avva from babbling.
▸	Aviaaja	♀		W		Aviâja
	Girls name (also used to be a boys name in the immediate past.). A kinship term from Est-Greenlandic. Meaning: "cousin" or "half-cousin" From the East-Greenlandic stem 'aaviaar-' (true blood). Variants: Aaviaaja, Aaviaat, Aaviak, Aaviaq, Aviaq, Aavigannguaq perhaps also Avigiaq.
	Aviana	♀		W		Aviana
▸	Aviaq	♀		N  W		Aviaĸ
	Girls name (Formerly also a boys name) A kinship term. Meaning: family. From the stem 'aavik-' (real blood) or 'avik-' (half/part) part (of our family).
	Aviula	♀		W		Aviula
E
	Eqqalaak	♀		W		Erĸalâk
	Eqqumaq	♀	♂	W		Erĸumaĸ
	Ernguta	♀	♂	W
I
	Iinnguaq	♀	♂	W		Ĩnguaĸ
	Ikilluaq	♀		W		Ikitdluaĸ
	Ikinngut	♀	♂	W		Ikíngut
	Ikiumaguaq	♀		W		Ikiumaguaĸ
	Ikiuna	♀		W		Ikiuna
	Ilaatsoq	♀	♂	N  W		Ilaitsoĸ
▸	Imajuik	♀		W		Imajuik
	Meek, quiet. (Child) who is not wont to crying.
	Inequ	♀	♂	W		Ineĸo
	Inequnaaluk	♀	♂	W		Ineĸunâluk
	Inneruulaq	♀		W		Ingnerûlaĸ
	Inooraq	♀	♂	W		Inôraĸ
	Inuina	♀		W		Inuina
	Inuinnaq	♀	♂	SW		Inuínaĸ
	Inuk	♀	♂	W		Inuk
	Inukkuluk	♀	♂	W		Inúkuluk
	Inungasoq	♀	♂	W		Inungassoĸ
	Iparaq	♀		W		Iparaĸ
	Ippeqiaq	♀		W		Ípeĸiaĸ
	Isaagiak	♀		W		Isaugiak
	Isavioq	♀		W		Isavioĸ
	Isigiak	♀		W		Issigiak
	Isiutaq	♀		W		Issiutaĸ
	Isortaq	♀		W		Isortaĸ
	Isuluaq	♀		W		Isuluaĸ
	Itajaraq	♀		W		Itajaraĸ
	Itta	♀		W		Íta
▸	Ivaaq	♀	♂	W		Ivâĸ
	The word 'ivaaq' means 'Brood Egg', or 'the Brooded/Embraced One (to keep warm or in affection'). Variants: Ivaaq, Ivaneq (the Brooded One), Ivaaraq (the Sweet Little Brooded One). 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) and Ivaniisaq (The One Resembling Ivaneq), from East-Greenland. Number of bearers: Ivaaq 9. Ivâĸ <4.
▸	Ivaaraq	♀		SW		Ivâraĸ
	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.
	Ivikku	♀		W		Ivíko
K
	Kaaka	♀	♂	E W		Kâka
	Kaatsaaq	♀		W		Kâtsaoĸ
	Kaavinnguaq	♀		W		Kâvínguaĸ
	Kajaaraq	♀		W		Kajâraĸ
▸	Kajoq	♀	♂	N  W		Kajoκ
	'the Brown One'. Originally a byname established to characterize a distinct attribute of the bearer of the first name. Variants: Kaju (short form), Kajuaq (the brownish one) & Kajuinnaq (solely brown).
▸	Kaju	♀	♂	N  W		Kajo
	short form of Kajoq 'the Brown One'. Originally a byname established to characterize a distinct attribute of the bearer of the first name. Variants: Kajoq, Kajuaq (the brownish one) & Kajuinnaq (solely brown).
▸	Kajuaq	♀		W		Kajuaκ
	'the Brownish One'. Originally a byname established to characterize a distinct attribute of the bearer of the first name. Variants: Kaju (short form), Kajoq (the brown one), Kajuinnaq & Kajuinna (solely brown).
▸	Kajuina	♀		W		Kajuina
	either af short form of Kajuinna, 'the Solely Brown One', or a contamination with the names ending -na. Originally a byname established to characterize a distinct attribute of the bearer of the first name. Variants: Kaju (short form), Kajoq, Kajuaq (the brownish one), Kajuinna (short form).
▸	Kajuinna	♀		W		Kajuína
	short form of Kajuinnaq 'the Solely Brown One'. Originally a byname established to characterize a distinct attribute of the bearer of the first name. Variants: Kaju (short form) & Kajoq (brown), Kajuaq (the brownish one) & Kajuinnaq (solely brown) & Kajuina (short form).
	Kakalik	♀		W		Kakalik
	Kakasaq	♀		W		Kakassaĸ
	Kamikkaq	♀		W		Kamíkaĸ
	Kammammi	♀		W		Kámáme
	Kammammii	♀		W		Kámámê
	Karnana	♀		W		Karnana
	Kassoq	♀	♂	W		Kagssoĸ
	Kassorluna	♀		W		Kagssordluna
	Kigiuna	♀		W		Kigiuna
▸	Kigutaarnaq	♀		W		Kigutârnaĸ
	"Blueberry". Berries from the plant Bog Bilberry (Northern Bilberry, Great Bilberry, Whortleberry) are called "kigutaarnat" in plural and "kigutaarnaq" in singular.
▸	Kimmernaq	♀		W		Kingmernaĸ
	Berries from the Mountain Cranberry, Cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) are called Kimmernat in plural and Kimmernaq in singular.
	Kimmeruaq	♀		W		Kingmeruaĸ
	Kinguliaq	♀		W		Kinguliaĸ
	Kuka	♀	♂	W		Kuka
	Kukka	♀		W		Kúka
	Kukku	♀	♂	E W		Kúko
	Kulu	♀		W		Kulo
▸	Kuluk	♀	♂	W		Kuluk
	Originally a hypocoristic name The ending -kuluk is a syncopation of the babbling forms aakkuluk or iikkuluk (you sweet little one). Syncopation before or after a word is rather common in Greenlandic names, either due to babbling with a child, or because a child has tried to utter a word and omitted a sound or a syllable, f.ex.: Uka (from Nuka – little brother or little sister), Kartaava (from Nukartaava – her/his new N.), Qunaaq (from Inequnaaq – you are so sweet!) etc. Names with syncopation following a word often appears when adults babble with a child, as in: Mineq (‘little’ from unamineq or inumineq – small one or small human being), Nguujuk (iinnguujuk – sweet/dear/poor little child), Natuk (unukunattuk - sweet/cute little child), Palu (from the ending –paluk (Pipaluk ’one’s sweet little possession’ or from another expression with same ending), Taaraq (itaaraq – sweet or cute/awful little one) etc. The name Rulu (Rulo) has the same form and meaning as Kuluk, from the ending –ruluk. Babbling names which do not appear in ‘Fortegnelse over grønlandske navne (List over Greenlandic Names)’, that primarily are used internally in families are hypocoristic names such as: Kulooq (big one), Tsiakasik, Kasik (little mite!), Nguaq (sweet/adorable) etc. The variant Kulunnguaq 35 (sweet little K.) is used solely as a name for girls. Kulúnguaĸ 24.
	Kulunnguaq	♀	♂	W		Kulúnguaĸ
	Kunnalik	♀		W		Kúnalik
	Kunnana	♀		W		Kúnana
	Kunulik	♀		W		Kunulik
	Kussaasaq	♀		W		Kugsaussaĸ
	Kuttaq	♀		W		Kútaĸ
	Kuuka	♀	♂	W		Kûka
▸	Kuuna	♀		W		Kûna
	Woman or wife. Kona is believed to be a loan word from the Norse period (985-1470). The word was later used in the pidgin language between European whalers and Greenlanders, and was was first written down as ’Kona (Agnak)’, in the Danish historian Peder Hansen Resens German – Greenlandic word list dated 1654. The name was common in Southern Greenland and later spread to Western and Northern Greenland. Derivatives of the name is to be found in old parish registers as Kona and Konánguak ('dear woman' in Paamiut around 1773, Konalik (Kuunalik, ’equipped as a woman’) in Qeqertarsuaq in 1782 and Kunelik (Kuunalik) in Frederiksdal in 1824. ’Gunnelle’ which is depicted in Salomon von Hauen’s painting of the four Greenlanders in Bergen dated 1654, possibly is a Europeanized version of the name Kuunalik. It is possible that the girls name Konnane (Kunnana) from Nuuk (1743) is derived from the name Kuuna. Kuuna also is a boys name (under 11 males are registrered as name bearers).
M
	Maalaviaq	♀		N  W		Mâlaviaĸ
▸	Maannguaq	♀	♂	W		Mãnguaĸ
	Hypocoristic name. ”the whining/wailing one”, i.e. (lovingly): ’the sweet thinskinned little one’. Other names in the same category: Ungaaq & Ngaanga (onomatopoetic for baby bawling).
	Maaraq	♀		W		Mâraĸ
	Majuutaq	♀	♂	W		Majûtaĸ
	Maliina	♀		W		Malîna
	Malu	♀		W		Malo
	Mameq	♀		W		Mameĸ
	Manilik	♀		W		Manilik
	Manngilik	♀		W		Mángilik
▸	Masaani	♀		W		Masaune
	see under Masaana (Masauna). Variants: Masaanna (Masáuna), Masaannaaq (Masaúnâκ), Masaitsiaq, Masautsiaq.
▸	Masaanna	♀		W		Masáuna
	see under Masaana (Masauna). Variants: Masaani (Masáune), Masaannaaq (Masaúnâκ), Masaitsiaq, Masautsiaq.
▸	Masaannaaq	♀		W		Masaúnâκ
	Masaani (Masaune), Masaanna (Masáuna), Masaitsiaq, Masautsiaq.
▸	Masik	♀	♂	W		Masik
	A significant amount of Greenlandic names originates from daily household activities and articles and also from the hunting life and its equipment. Masik belongs to the latter category, and is the name for a cross beam on the deck of the kayak, which is situated just in front of the cockpit. Samuel Kleinschmidt's Greenlandic Dictionary from 1871 (p. 204) describes Masik as follows: "Masik 1) Gill (in a fish, crab, or other living being breathing through gills) ... 2) The curved cross beam in front of the cockpit (thus named due to its resemblance to the shape of the curved gill of a fish)." Masik as a description of gill in fish and the cross beam in a kayak is used in most Inuit dialects. Other traditional personal names which has to do with the kayak and its equipment are: Norsaq (throwing stick in a harpoon), Avataq (harpoon float), Kujaaq (keel), Tuilik (wind and water proof jacket with a hood used in kayaking, the word means “the one with shoulders.” ), Paajuk (the paddler) etc. Number of name bearers: Masik 5. All born in the 90s. Kalaallit aqqi allat qaannamut pisataannullu attuumassuteqartut makkuupput: Norsaq (qisuk saaqqutinut igeriussinermut ajattaatitut atorneqartartoq), Avataq (qaannami puttaqut), Kujaaq (qaannap kujaava), Tuilik (atisaq imermik pitarneqarneq ajortoq), Paajuk (paartoq) il.il.
	Matta	♀		W	Magdalene / Martha	Máta
	Meeraq	♀	♂	W		Mêraĸ
	Miiannguaq	♀		W		Mîánguaĸ
	Miki	♀	♂	W		Mike
	Mikisoq	♀	♂	W		Mikissoĸ
	Mineq	♀	♂	W		Mineĸ
	Miteraq	♀		W		Miteraĸ
	Musaasaq	♀		W		Mussaussaĸ
N
	Naaja	♀		W		Nauja
	Naajannguaq	♀		W		Naujánguaĸ
	Naajarluk	♀		W		Naujardluk
▸	Naasoq	♀		W		Naussoĸ
	Plant. Generic name.
▸	Naasunnguaq	♀		W		Naussúnguaĸ
	Sweet little flower. Number of name bearers: 75. Naussúnguaκ 22.
	Naatsoq	♀	♂	W		Naitsoĸ
▸	Naja	♀		W		Naja
	Naja is originally a Greenlandic kinship term which means 'a younger sister to a boy.' In most Inuit dialects it bears the same meaning, whilst in Yupik it is also a designation for a 'unmarried girl, virgin'. Naja is one of the most common names in Greenland. According to the database of the Name Research Section, 2201 girls in both Denmark and Greenland bear the name Naja, of which 533 of these reside in Greenland. This shows that the name is significantly more represented in Denmark. That the name is popular in Denmark is due to the fact that a famous Danish poet, B.S. Ingemann, published a novel in 1852 with the title: "Kunnuk and Naja" ("The Greenlanders"). After the novel was published, Naja became a popular name in Denmark and is still a popular name until this day, especially after the 1980s. According to Statistics Greenland's newest publication on most popular names in Greenland (2004) Naja is the most popular girls name in Greenland followed by Paninnguaq (Sweet Little Daughter). Naja also have several very popular variants: Najannguaq (dear N.), Najaaraq (little N.) and Najattaaq (new younger sister) etc. Number of name bearers: Naja 533. (In Denmark 1668)
	Najaaraq	♀		W		Najâraĸ
	Najakkuluk	♀		W		Najákuluk
	Najannguaq	♀		W		Najánguaĸ
	Najattaannguaq	♀		W		Najagtãnguaĸ
	Najattaaq	♀		W		Najagtâĸ
	Nannavina	♀		W		Nánavina
▸	Napaartoq	♀	♂	W		Napârtoĸ
	‘Standing upright.’ Name of tree: Greenland mountain ash. (Latin: Sorbus Groenlandica). In the Canadian and Alaskan Inuit dialects napaartoq is a generic term for tree. Number of name bearers: Napaartoq 12. Napârtoĸ 5.
	Napu	♀		W		Napo
	Nasaanna	♀		W		Nasáuna
	Nasaasaq	♀	♂	SW		Nasaussaĸ
	Nassiaq	♀		W		Nássiaĸ
	Nataaq	♀	♂	SW		Natâĸ
▸	Natuk	♀		N  W		Natuk
	A hypocoristic name. Natuk is a hypocoristic name which has been shortened and simplified through babbling with a baby, which is a very common custom in Greenland. The name possibly derived from the word inequnartoq (sweet/cute). The babbling forms of inequnartoq are: 'unukunattuk', 'oqunattuk', 'ukunattuk', 'uukunattuk' etc., since simplified to 'nattuk'. This form again has been simplified into natuk through constant use. The name might also be a simplified form of the old name Arnatuk (which again stems from the mythological concept re. soul or name wandering arnattoq (of arnappoq: seeks a mother“, i.e. a soul being born into different shapes and animals before crawling into the womb of a woman to be born again and re-claim his name.) Natuk often earlier was s written with a ‘d’ (Naduk). This dates back to the time when the Americans recorded names in the Thule region. The Personal Names Committee recommends that the principles of the Greenlandic writing systems be followed in regards to Greenlandic names, i.e.: Natuk. Natuk siornatigut d -erlugu allanneqartarpoq (Naduk), tamanna Amerikamiut nalaannit pisuuvoq. Inuit Aqqinik Akuersisartut innersuutigaat kalaallit aqqi allattaatsit atorneqartut malittarisaat malillugit allanneqartassasut.
	Naujarluk	♀		W		Naujardluk
▸	Navaranaaq	♀		W		Navaranâĸ
	see under Navarana
	Naviaaja	♀		W		Naviâja
	Ngannga	♀		W
	Nigaq	♀		W		Nigaĸ
	Ningiu	♀		W		Ningio
	Ninni	♀		W		Níne
	Nipinnguaq	♀		W		Nipínguaĸ
	Nivi	♀		W		Nive
	Niviaaluk	♀		W		Niviâluk
▸	Niviana	♀		W		Niviana
	The name Niviana is derived from the following name: Niviaq (Nivia? in old orthography), Girls name. Niviaq is an abbreviation from the word for girl: niviarsiaq. Niviaq possibly means 'The One Procreated as a Girl.' Niviaq is often further abbreviated into Nivi. In the list of recorded Greenlandic names published in 2007, 14 other names with the same stem appears, i.e.: Niviaaluk (little girl (hypocorstic form)), Niviarsiaraq (little girl), Niviatsiaq (graceful, beautiful girl), Nivinnguaq (dear girl), Nivikka etc.. Other forms equipped with traditional name endings (-na, -sina og -kkana) with the stem nivi: Niviana, Niviarsina and Nivikkana.
▸	Niviaq	♀		W		Niviaĸ
	Niviaq is a short form of the word for girl: niviarsiaq. A possible meaning is 'procreated as a girl.' In the list of recorded Greenlandic names published in 2007 other names with the same stem appears: Niviaaluk (little girl (hypocorstic form)), Niviarsiaraq (little girl), Niviatsiaq (graceful, beautiful girl), Nivinnguaq (dear girl). Other forms equipped with traditional name endings (-na, -sina og -kkana) with the stem nivi: Niviana, Niviarsina and Nivikkana.
	Niviarsiaraq	♀		W		Niviarsiaraĸ
	Niviarsina	♀		W		Niviarsina
▸	Nivikka	♀		N  W		Nivíka
	Nivikka is possibly a compound of 2 short forms of both the word for girl: niviarsiaq (nivi) and the name ending –kkana (Nivikkana): Nivikka. In the 2007 Greenlandic names list other names with the same stem appears: Niviaaluk (little girl (hypocorstic form)), Niviarsiaraq (little girl), Niviatsiaq (graceful, beautiful girl), Nivinnguaq (dear girl) and Niviaq (fashioned as a girl?). Other forms equipped with traditional name endings (-na, -sina og -kkana) with the stem nivi: Niviana, Niviarsina and Nivikkana.
	Norlu	♀		W		Nordlo
▸	Nuiana	♀		W		Nuiana
	Possibly derived from the stem 'nuiaq' (cloud) with the name suffix -na at the end. Even though Alf Berthelsen, medical doctor and name researcher, wrote in his comprehensive article re. Greenlandic names (Navngivning i Grønland, Meddelelser om Grønland nr. 56, 1918, p. 283) that an astonishingly few Greenlandic names originated from the everyday trade and industry, it is possible that the stem 'nui-' from sewing and basket making activities could have been used as a source for this name.
	Nuilaq	♀		W		Nuilaĸ
	Nujakina	♀		W		Nujakina
	Nujalina	♀		W		Nujalina
▸	Nuka	♀	♂	W		Nuka
	Kinship term Nuka means a sisters younger sister or a brothers younger brother. The name Nuka is widespread (as of 01.01 2005 899 persons in the Danish realm bore the name Nuka, of which 694 were living in Greenland). It is very common to combine the name with another Greenlandic or Danish name, i.e.: Nuka Aqqalu (Aqqalu means younger brother to an older sister), Nuka Marie, Nuka Peter, Nuka Anders, Nuka Pavia etc. A total of 86 persons bore names combined with another name. Also approx. 25 variants of the name Nuka with varying endings (chiefly bearing the meaning small, sweet N., etc.) are listed in the approved names list. Number of name bearers: Nuka 694.
▸	Nukaaka	♀	♂	W		Nukâka
	from the name Nuka, which means 'younger sister or brother'. The form Nukaaka is a babbling name which is a widespread category in Greenlandic names, that is names which small siblings use among one another, or adults use in cooing with toddlers. These forms have since evolved into regular personal names. In the approved names list, other types of names with the same ending as Nukaaka appears, names such as Atsaaka (of atsa: paternal aunt) or Akkaaka (of akka: fathers brother) and Najaaka (of naja: older brothers younger sister) and Kaaka (probably deriving from Nukaaka, with the first syllable omitted, a common occurence in Greenlandic names) and finally from a original European name which have been adapted into Greenlandic, the name Juaaka (probably from Johan (Grl.: Juaat)). The names Aka and Kaka are babbling forms of Nuka. The name Nuka is widespread (as of 01.01 2005 899 persons in the Danish realm bore the name Nuka, of which 694 were living in Greenland). It is therefore very common to combine the name with another Greenlandic or Danish name, i.e.: Nuka Aqqalu (Aqqalu means younger brother to an older sister), Nuka Marie, Nuka Peter, Nuka Anders, Nuka Pavia etc. A total of 86 persons bore names combined with another name. Also approx. 25 variants of the name Nuka with varying endings (chiefly bearing the meaning small, sweet N., etc.) are listed in the approved names list. Nukaaka is a contraction of the babbling form Nuka Nuka or Nuka Aka, hence the correct meaning would be ’my littlesister/brother who is named/called Aka or Nuka’. Another contracted form is Nukanu, with the last syllable omitted. The name Nukaaka became mainstream as a formal name after the introduction of Home Rule. The first persons who were baptized Nukaaka were registrered in the 80s. Nukâka in the old orthography were first registered in the 70s. However, this doesn't mean that the name wasn't used informally or as a nick name prior to this period. Number of name bearers: Nukaaka is primarily used as a girls name, a total of 48 persons bore the name, of which 44 were women. 4 men use the name as a first name, in comparison 27 women use Nukaaka as a first name. Under 4 persons are registered with the name Nukâka. Kinship term.
	Nukaarannguaq	♀	♂	W		Nukâránguaĸ
	Nukaaraq	♀	♂	W		Nukâraĸ
	Nukalloq	♀		W		Nukagdloĸ
	Nukannguaq	♀	♂	W		Nukánguaĸ
	Nukanunnguaq	♀	♂	W		Nukanúnguaĸ
	Nukarlana	♀		W		Nukardlana
	Nukarleq	♀	♂	W		Nukardleĸ
	Nukarliaq	♀	♂	W		Nukardliaĸ
	Nukartaa	♀	♂	W		Nukartâ
	Nukartaaq	♀	♂	W		Nukartâĸ
	Nukatsaaq	♀	♂	W		Nukatsâĸ
	Nungu	♀	♂	W		Nungo
	Nungunu	♀		W		Nunguno
	Nunni	♀	♂	W		Núne
	Nunnu	♀	♂	W		Núno
	Nusaasaq	♀		W		Nusaussaĸ
	Nuunu	♀	♂	W		Nûno
	Nuunuuta	♀	♂	W		Nûnûta
O
	Oqitsoq	♀		W		Oĸitsoĸ
	Oqqapia	♀	♂	E W		Orĸapia
	Orliina	♀	♂	W		Ordlîna
P
▸	Paannaaq	♀		W		Pângnâĸ
	North Greenlandic name for broad-leaved willow herb (Chamaenerion latifolium). Common names: Dwarf fireweed, alpine fireweed & French willow. Greenland's national flower, otherwise known as Niviarsiaq (Maiden). The word probably stems from the Proto-Eskimo 'pangerun + nar': paatingasut those which resemble kayak paddles. (Fortescue et. al. 1994:250+143f). Number of name bearers: Paannaaq <4. Pângnâĸ <4.
	Paapik	♀		W		Pâpik
▸	Paarma	♀		W		Paorma
	Southern Greenlandic variant of Paarnaq: berry (impetrum nigrum) Number of name bearers: Paarma 12.
▸	Paarnannguaq	♀		W		Paornánguaĸ
	Sweet little berry. (Probably siginifies crowberry, empetrum nigrum.) Number of name bearers: Paarnannguaq 49. Paornánguaĸ 44.
▸	Paarnaq	♀		W		Paornaĸ
	Berry (probably signifies crowberry: empetrum nigrum) Variants: Paarma 5 (South Grl.), Paarngaq. Paorngaq (Central Grl.). Number of name bearers: Paarnaq 19. Paornaĸĸ 6.
	Pakkak	♀		W		Pákak
	Pakkutaq	♀	♂	W		Pákutaĸ
	Palana	♀		W		Palana
	Pallannguaq	♀		W		Patdlánguaĸ
▸	Palleq	♀	♂	N  W		Patdleκ
	Name for (dwarf) willow or alder (alnus crispa). Grows in tall shrubs in the interior.
	Pamiaq	♀		W		Pamiaĸ
	Paneeraq	♀		W		Panêraĸ
	Paniaq	♀		W		Paniaĸ
	Paniiti	♀		W		Panîte
	Panik	♀		W		Panik
	Paninnguaq	♀		W		Panínguaĸ
	Panissaq	♀		W		Panigssaĸ
	Panissuaq	♀		W		Panigssuaĸ
	Panisuaq	♀		W		Panisuaĸ
	Paniukkaq	♀		W		Paniúkaĸ
	Panooraq	♀		W		Panôraĸ
	Panoriaq	♀		W		Panoriaĸ
▸	Parnuuna	♀		W		Parnûna
	Parnuuna most probably have roots in the word ‘paanngorpoq’ (crawling) and thus originally must have been a hypocoristic (endearment) word for a crawling baby. The name has been registered in old parish registers in a variety of spelllings, according to how they heard the name mentioned, i.e.; “Pernguna” (Nuuk 1743), “Painguna” (Qeqertarsuaq 1778 & 1793), Paurnina (Frederiksdal 1824), “Paorvnguna” (Uummannaq 1883 & 1915). Many originally hypocoristic words used for babies has evolved into personal names over time, names such as:: Aqartina (”the one whom often is sung to”), Avaaq/Avaaraq (”falls backward and hits his head”), Maannguaq (of maarpoq: ”the moaning/wailing one”, i.e. (lovingly): ’the thinskinned little one’), Maqujuk/Maaqujuk (”the one who often moans/wails”), Qiajuk/Qiaajuk (”lachrymose”), Ungaaq (”wails as a baby”, present meaning: ”infant”), Viivi/Vivi of ”viiveeraq” (baby language: ”viiverpoq”: ”sleeps”, but present meaning in Southern Greenlandic: ”baby”) Hypocoristic name. Number of name bearers: Parnuuna 31. Parnûna 28.
	Pikinnguaq	♀	♂	W		Pikínguaĸ
	Piloqutinnguaq	♀		W		Piloĸutínguaĸ
▸	Pilu	♀	♂	W		Pilo
	name for bog bilberry, great bilberry, whortleberry (vaccinium uliginosum). The name Pilu could also be a shortened form of pilutaq (leaf). Variants: Pilunnguaq 91 (dear P.). Pilúnguaĸ 43 (dear P.). Pilutaq 35 (leaf). Pilutaĸ 11 (leaf). Pilutannguaq 9 (dear small leaf). Pilutánguaĸ 4 (dear small leaf). Number of name bearers: Pilu 33. Pilo 11.
▸	Pilunnguaq	♀		W		Pilúnguaĸ
	from Pilu, name for bog bilberry, great bilberry, whortleberry (vaccinium uliginosum). The name Pilu could also be a shortened form of pilutaq (leaf). Here the ending -nnguaq (dear or sweet) is used. Variants: Pilu 33. Pilo 11. Pilutaq 35 (leaf). Pilutaĸ 11 (leaf). Pilutannguaq 9 (dear small leaf). Pilutánguaĸ 4 (dear small leaf). Number of name bearers: Pilunnguaq 91 (dear P.). Pilúnguaĸ 43 (dear P.).
▸	Pilutaq	♀	♂	W		Pilutaĸ
	Varianter: Pilutannguaq 9 (dear little leaf). Pilutánguaĸ 4 (dear little leaf). Pilunnguaq 91. Pilúnguaĸ 43 Number of name bearers: Pilutaq 35. Pilutaĸ 11.
	Pimmak	♀		W		Pímak
▸	Pinnaluk	♀		W		Pínaluk
	‘The Pleasing One, ‘the Beautiful One’ and ‘the Companion’, ‘the Friend’. The stem ‘pinnar(naq)-’ originally had two meanings, ‘likeable’ or ‘easy to deal with’ and ‘Beautiful one’. (Fortecsue et al. 1994:262). The ending -luk is common in Greenlandic names (Pipaluk, Inequnaaluk, Aakkuluk, Aqqaluk, Kuluk, Mikisuluk, f.ex.) as a designation for a small person (child) who seems so insignificant, but sweet and irrististible at the same time.
	Pippi	♀		W		Pípe
	Piseq	♀		W		Piseĸ
	Pituaq	♀	♂	W		Pituaĸ
	Portusooq	♀		W		Portusôĸ
	Pupik	♀		W		Pupik
Q
	Qaamaq	♀	♂	W		K'aumaĸ
	Qaammaasaq	♀		W		K'áumaissaĸ
	Qaannaq	♀		W		K'áunaĸ
	Qajaasaq	♀		W		K'ajaussaĸ
	Qanak	♀		W		K'anak
	Qarsaaq	♀		W		K'arssâĸ
	Qasaloq	♀		W		K'asaloĸ
	Qissersaaq	♀		W		K'ivssersâĸ
	Qissisaq	♀	♂	W		K'íssissaĸ
	Qivi	♀		W		K'ive
▸	Qivioq	♀	♂	W		K'ivioĸ
	Qivioq is the name of down on a birds skin or wooly hair or fleece on an animals skin. It is also the name for fluff or down from plants. Other similar Greenlandic names include: Meqqoq (feather), Meqqunnguaq (dear little feather), Meqqupaluk (dear little feather (Thule dialect)) perhaps also Meqqusaaq (see under this name).
	Qooqqa	♀		W		K'ôrĸa
	Quleq	♀		W		K'uleĸ
	Quliik	♀		N  W		K'ulîk
▸	Qunerna	♀	♂	W		K'unerna
	one whom one finds sweet/attractive. From the word Quneq (sweet/beautiful) and a short form of (ine)qunaaq. Qunaaq from Western Greenland and the Eastern Greenlandic name Qunerseeq carries the 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 name Quniganna and the Southern Greenlandic girls name Quneq. 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 derived from this stem.
	Qunguju	♀		W		K'ungujo
	Qunguleq	♀		W		K'unguleĸ
	Quniganna	♀		W		K'unigána
	Qupaluk	♀		N  W		K´upaluk
▸	Qupanuk	♀		W		K'upanuk
	Qupanuk derives from one of the many names for the snow bunting (plectrophinax nivalis). Other names for the snow bunting used around Greenland are; qupannaaq, qupanavaarsuk, qupanorarsuk and qupaluarsuk. In the Canadian Arctic, the snow bunting is also called qupanuaq and the personal name Qupanuk is possibly a short form of this name. This suggests that the name is fairly old. The word may derive from quppaq: crevice, since the buntings often build nests therein. Variants: Qupaluna (with names' suffix), Qulutak, Qulutat, Qulutana (with names' suffix), Qulutannguaq (sweet Q), Qulutapaluk (little Q.), Qulutarsuaq (big Q.). Number of name bearers: Qupanuk 8. Half of these use the name as a first name.
S
	Saalaq	♀		W		Sâlaĸ
	Saamaq	♀	♂	W		Saimaĸ
	Saamik	♀	♂	N  W		Sâmik
	Sakkataq	♀		W		Sákataĸ
	Salak	♀		W		Salak
	Salaq	♀		W		Salaĸ
	Sapangaaraq	♀		W		Sapangâraĸ
	Sapu	♀		W		Sapo
	Sarlik	♀		W		Sardlik
	Satorina	♀	♂	W		Satorina
	Seernaq	♀		W		Sêrnaĸ
	Seqineq	♀	♂	W		Seĸineĸ
	Seqininnguaq	♀		W		Seĸinínguaĸ
	Sersigaq	♀		W		Serssigaĸ
▸	Sikkerninnguaq	♀		W		Sivkernínguaĸ
	Dear little flower. Number of name bearers: Sikkerninnguaq 30. Sivkernínguaĸ 7.
▸	Sikkersoq	♀	♂	W		Sivkersoĸ
	"Bud", "Sprout", "The Blossoming One" or "The One in Bloom." The word sikkersoq also means: "burst out laughing." Number of name bearers: Sikkersoq 59. Sivkersoĸ 21
	Sikki	♀	♂	W		Sivke
	Simigaq	♀		N SW		Simigaĸ
	Sinaq	♀		W		Sinaĸ
	Sinnii	♀	♂	W		Sivnê
	Sinniisoq	♀	♂	W		Sivnîssoĸ
	Sisi	♀		W		Sise
	Sissigaq	♀		W		Sivssigaĸ
	Sissik	♀		W		Sigssik
▸	Siuana	♀	♂	W		Sujuana
	Siuana derives from the stem siu- (suju- in the old writing system), which has to do with the meaning 'front', 'face', 'foremost' or 'forward'. In the Register over Greenlandic Names, 3 names with the same stem have been recorded: Siuleqatuk (Hiuleqatuk), and Sujuleqatsiaq, both girls names from the Thule Region, which seems to allude to 'forefathers', the latter name meaning 'The One With Good Forebears'. The Western Greenlandic boys' name Siukiaq has to do with 'Front'. Parallels are to be found in Alfred Berthelsen's treatise re. Grl. names from 1918: Sujortoq (Sujugtoq, 'Leader' or 'The One in Front'), a male name from 1799 meaning 'The Harpooner' in a whaling sloop. The womans name from 1799: Sujotona (Sujutuna = siutuna), 'Large Front', alludes to her large nose. In 1867 a man's name from Northern Greenland was registered: Sujoraq (Sioraq), 'Long-nosed'. The ending -na in the names Siuana and Siutuna is a so-called names affix common in Inuit names signifying a personal name.
	Sorlak	♀	♂	W		Sordlak
	Sorlannguaq	♀	♂	W		Sordlánguaĸ
	Sulluitsoq	♀		W		Suvdluitsoĸ
	Suloraq	♀	♂	W		Suloraĸ
	Suluk	♀	♂	W		Suluk
	Sunavana	♀	♂	W		Sunavana
T
	Taannguaq	♀		W		Tãnguaĸ
	Tajaq	♀	♂	W		Tajaĸ
	Tajarana	♀		W		Tajarana
	Tajarina	♀		W		Tajarina
	Tasioq	♀		W		Tasioĸ
	Tassuana	♀	♂	W		Tássuana
	Tigumiaq	♀		W		Tigumiaĸ
	Tiiti	♀		E W		Tîte
	Timmi	♀		W		Tingme
	Tipaaja	♀		W		Tipâja
	Tuapak	♀	♂	W		Tuapak
▸	Tuarana	♀		W		Tuarana
	Possibly a short form of the baby language endearment term: (aat)tuaruna! (aarsuaruna! - how ugly you are!). Several baby language endearment terms have become Greenlandic personal names, f.ex: 'Nguujuk', which is a short form of : 'iinnguujuk' and 'aannguujuk' (how sweet you are!), and 'Taaraq', a short form of 'Itaaraq' (dear little ugly one), and the baby language form 'Oquna', which stems from 'inequna' (sweet, cute one). Tuarana is also shortened as 'Tua', which is also to be found in the names register over Greenlandic names, as is the variant: 'Tuaruna'.
▸	Tuaruna	♀		W		Tuaruna
	Possibly a short form of the baby language endearment term: (aat)tuaruna! (aarsuaruna! - how ugly you are!). Several baby language endearment terms have become Greenlandic personal names, f.ex: 'Nguujuk', which is a short form of : 'iinnguujuk' and 'aannguujuk' (how sweet you are!), and 'Taaraq', a short form of 'Itaaraq' (dear little ugly one), and the baby language form 'Oquna', which stems from 'inequna' (sweet, cute one). Tuaruna is also shortened as 'Tua', which is also to be found in the names register over Greenlandic names, as is the variant: 'Tuarana'. Hypocoristic name
	Tukkujaq	♀		W		Túkujaĸ
	Tukuma	♀	♂	W
▸	Tukumaq	♀	♂	W		Tukumaĸ
	'quick', 'eager', 'active', 'cheerful', 'vigorous', 'is prompt to act' with the connotation 'is busy' from the verbal form; ’tukumavoq’. Informal form: Tukuma. Other names in the same category are Qiimaaraq, a boys name from W. Greenland meaning 'Cheerful Little One', and the W. Grl. boys name Oqila, meaning 'Fast Runner’, short form: Oqi. See also under the girls name Tukummeq.
	Tullerunnaq	♀		W		Tugdlerúnaĸ
	Tuminnguaq	♀		W		Tumínguaĸ
	Tuneraq	♀		W		Tuneraĸ
	Tungu	♀		W		Tungo
	Tungutsiiannguaq	♀	♂	W		Tungutsîánguaĸ
	Tungutsiiaq	♀	♂	W		Tungutsîaĸ
▸	Tupaarnaq	♀		W		Tupârnaĸ
	In Samuel Kleinschmidt’s dictionary ‘Den grønlandske ordbog’ from 1871 it states (p. 381): "wild thyme, how this name was given to this herb is not clear” (Latin name: thymus praecox arcticus). The plant was used as a tea against colds and as an ingredient i meat dishes, soups, and at present in cakes. The name may have derived from tupaarpoq: 'becomes awake.' It is probable that it was a plant name prior to becoming a girls name.
	Tuperna	♀		W		Tuperna
	Tupernina	♀		W		Tupernina
	Tuujuk	♀	♂	W		Tûjuk
	Tuukkaq	♀	♂	W		Tũkaĸ
	Tuullik	♀	♂	W		Tûgdlik
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	Uerana	♀	♂	W		Uverana
	Uiffaq	♀		W		Uivfaĸ
	Uiloq	♀		W		Uiloĸ
	Uilu	♀		W		Uilo
	Uilulaq	♀	♂	W		Uilulaĸ
	Ujammiugaq	♀		W		Ujangmiugaĸ
	Ujarak	♀	♂	N  W		Ujarak
	Ujarneq	♀	♂	E W		Ujarneĸ
	Ujorna	♀		W		Ujorna
	Ujoru	♀	♂	W		Ujoro
	Ukaleq	♀	♂	W		Ukaleĸ
	Ukaliusaq	♀		W		Ukaliussaĸ
	Ukaliusi	♀	♂	W		Ukaliuse
	Ukamaq	♀		W		Ukamaĸ
	Ulaaju	♀	♂	W		Ulâjo
▸	Ulaajuk	♀	♂	N  W		Ulâjuk
	Ulaajuk means ‘the tall, shapely or well-built one’. Other names with the same stem and meaning are the Eastgreenlandic girls and boys name Ulannaq and the womens name from Southernmost Greenland Ulartoq. In 1881, a man in Alluitsoq (Lichtenau) was baptised, prior to his baptism his Greenlandic name was: Ulaasi.
	Uluutannguaq	♀		W		Ulûtánguaĸ
	Unaliina	♀	♂	W		Unalîna
	Unalina	♀	♂	W		Unalina
	Ungaaq	♀	♂	N  W		Ungâĸ
	Ungiuk	♀		W		Ungiuk
	Usinna	♀	♂	W		Usivna
	Utaat	♀		W		Utât
▸	Utertoq	♀	♂	W		Utertoĸ
	The name Utertoq means the returned one, (the family member who has come home again). Due to ritual name avoidance (taboos in mentioning names in traditional society), family members were weary of mentioning names of the deceased , even when babies had been born and named after the deceased, thus alternative forms of address were used such as: Angerla (short form of ‘angerlartoqut' (the one who has returned home), and Qaaqqutsiaq (the summoned one), perhaps also Taatsiaq (the fancied mention). These forms of address has evolved into independent names over time. Utertoq belongs to this category. Another name under this category is Sinniisoq (the one who comes in your stead, i.e. the substitute).
▸	Uti	♀	♂	W		Ute
	Abbreviation of Utertoq. The name Utertoq means the returned one, (the family member who has come again). Due to ritual names of the deceased, even when babies had been born and named after them - thus alternative forms of address were used such as: Utertoq, Angerla, perhaps also Qaaqqutsiaq and Taatsiaq. These forms af address have evolved into becoming independent names over time. Uti belongs to this category. Another name of this type is Sinniisoq.
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	Viannguaq	♀		W	Via/Vie	Viánguaĸ

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