Matching Names
Found 1 matching names:Q
| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
| Q | ||||||
| ▸ | 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. | ||||||