Matching Names
Found 1 matching names:N
| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| ▸ | Najaaja | Najâja | ||||
| Kinship term. From Naja (a boys younger sister) with the affix used for and by children: -aaja. Najaaja has been approved as a personal names in recent times. Names and designations with the affix above are common in Greenlandic names, Aja (aunt) is often called Ajaaja by smaller children. For Northern Greenlanders it is also common to call Aanaa (grandmother) and Aataa (grandfather) for Aanaajaa and Aataajaa. The affix alone is also used as a name: Aaja. Other names with this affix are: Tikaajaat, Tipaaja, Iaajannguaq, Kaatsiaaja and Aviaaja. | ||||||