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Qunaaq   WK'unâĸ
 Handsome, beautiful, sweet or attractive. Short form of Inequnaaq. The Eastern Greenlandic girls name with the same stem as Qunaaq, Qunerseeq 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 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.

Number of name bearers: Qunaaq 10. K’unâĸ 6.

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