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Matching Names
Found 794 matching names:A | E | I | K | M | N | O | P | Q | S | T | U | V
| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
| A | ||||||
| ▸ | 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. | ||||||
| Aakasak | W | Âkasak | ||||
| Aalaaraq | W | Âlâraĸ | ||||
| Aalari | W | Âlare | ||||
| Aallaaritaa | E W | Autdlâritâ | ||||
| Aalu | W | Âlo | ||||
| Aama | N W | Auma | ||||
| Aamaasi | W | Âmâse | ||||
| Aamaq | W | Aumaĸ | ||||
| Aanngii | W | Ãngê | ||||
| Aannguaq | W | Ãnguaĸ | ||||
| Aappilattoq | W | Augpilagtoĸ | ||||
| Aaqqii | E W | Ârĸê | ||||
| Aaqqiooq | W | Ârĸiôĸ | ||||
| Aaqqioq | N W | Ârĸioĸ | ||||
| Aarsuatsiaq | W | Ârssuatsiaĸ | ||||
| Aaruna | N W | Âruna | ||||
| ▸ | Aataalia | W | Âtâlia | |||
| Mythological name, see under Aataliannguaq. | ||||||
| ▸ | Aataaliannguaq | W | Âtâliánguaĸ | |||
| The stem is 'aataaliaq' with the ending '-nnguaq' (dear). Aataaliaq can be translated as 'he whose course is set towards aataat - harps seals'. Thus belonging to the category of invocational names given to the bearer, in order for him to be close to seals throughout the course of his life. Aataaliannguaq is a well-known myth about a bachelor. He acquired a wife that turned out to be a fox who had shape-shifted to a human being. When the wife fled to the mountains, he pursued her and was made to fall asleep in its burrow, only to wake up the next spring. In some variants of the myth some scholars suggests that the name means "the small one fathomed in the likeness of a harp seal", from which a poor hunter wishes to identify himself with the seals and dies or falls into a death-like sleep and become a seal, but is caught by humans and return once again among humans to become a good hunter. Abel Kristiansen (1900-1975) wrote a very popular song about the myth. This song resulted in the the changing of the name of the marine gastropod Aataasaq (Sea Angel) to Aataaliannguaq, due to a mix-up with another song among children (Kaatungiiaa). | ||||||
| Aati | W | Âte | ||||
| Aatsuk | W | Âtsuk | ||||
| Aavitsoq | W | Âvitsoĸ | ||||
| Aavuuva | W | Âvûva | ||||
| Affaaraq | W | Avfâraĸ | ||||
| Affaq | W | Avfaĸ | ||||
| Aguna | W | Aguna | ||||
| Aja | W | Aja | ||||
| Ajaaja | W | Ajâja | ||||
| Ajuina | W | Ajuina | ||||
| Aka | W | Aka | ||||
| Akamak | W | Akamak | ||||
| Akamali | W | Akamale | ||||
| Akamalik | W | Akamalik | ||||
| Akamaq | W | Akamaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | 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. | ||||||
| Akka | W | Áka | ||||
| Akulluana | W | Akuvdluana | ||||
| Akunnguaq | W | Akúnguaĸ | ||||
| Akutaaneq | W | Akutauneĸ | ||||
| Akutaq | W | Akutaĸ | ||||
| Alaaq | W | Alâĸ | ||||
| Alasuaq | W | Alasuaĸ | ||||
| Alataq | N W | Alataĸ | ||||
| Aleq | W | Aleĸ | ||||
| Aleqa | W | Aleĸa | ||||
| Aleqaaraq | W | Aleĸâraĸ | ||||
| Aleqannguaq | W | Aleĸánguaĸ | ||||
| Aligiaq | W | Aligiaĸ | ||||
| Aligioq | W | Aligioĸ | ||||
| Aliuusaq | W | Aliûssaĸ | ||||
| Allarneq | W | Atdlarneĸ | ||||
| Alleq | W | Agdleĸ | ||||
| Allinna | W | Agdlína | ||||
| Allisuna | W | Agdlisuna | ||||
| Alluaq | W | Agdluaĸ | ||||
| Allunaaq | W | Agdlunâĸ | ||||
| Aluineq | W | Aluineĸ | ||||
| ▸ | 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)). | ||||||
| Amaasa | W | Amâsa | ||||
| Amaasi | W | Amâsse | ||||
| Amajuna | W | Amajuna | ||||
| Amajut | W | Amajut | ||||
| Amanna | W | Amána | ||||
| Amataq | W | Amataĸ | ||||
| Ameraq | W | Ameraĸ | ||||
| Amianeq | W | Amianeĸ | ||||
| Amisuna | W | Amisuna | ||||
| Amitsoq | W | Amitsoĸ | ||||
| Ammaloqisaaq | W | Angmaloĸisâĸ | ||||
| Ammalortoq | W | Angmalortoĸ | ||||
| Ammassiaq | W | Angmagssiaĸ | ||||
| Aneerajik | E W | Anêrajik | ||||
| Anga | W | Anga | ||||
| ▸ | Angaaq | W | Angâĸ | |||
| Kinship term. Meaning: maternal uncle. A variety of forms are used as a personal name, the most common being the abbreviation Anga, but often used in combination with a European name Anga Otto og Anga Tobias, or with suffixes: Angaaraq (little uncle), Angaanngu (North Girl.:little uncle). Kinship terms are a common occurrence as personal names in Greenland. | ||||||
| Angaaraq | W | Angâraĸ | ||||
| Angaartaaq | W | Angârtâĸ | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Anginnguaq | W | Angínguaĸ | ||||
| Angiseq | W | Angiseĸ | ||||
| Angisina | W | Angisina | ||||
| Anguaaseq | W | Anguaiseĸ | ||||
| Anguasak | W | Anguasak | ||||
| ▸ | Angubesen | W | ||||
| One of the few Greenlandic surnames originating from a Greenlandic forefathers name with a Scandinavian -sen added to it. In this case the forefather from Kitsissuarsuit, Disko Bay bore the name: Anguupersuaq (the great Anguupi), adapted into the Danish spelling: Angubesen. | ||||||
| Anguk | W | Anguk | ||||
| Angukina | W | Angukina | ||||
| Angulluk | N W | Angutdluk | ||||
| Angunnguaq | W | Angúnguaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Angusinnaaq | W | Angusínâĸ | |||
| "The One Proficient in Catching Sea Mammals." Possibly a name conferred upon a bearer (through magic) in order for the individual to be a good hunter of sea mammals. | ||||||
| ▸ | Angusuatsiaq | W | Angusuatsiaĸ | |||
| "May He Be Able to Catch Plenty Sea Mammals." Possibly a name conferred upon a bearer (through magic) in order for the individual to be a good hunter. | ||||||
| Angut | W | Angut | ||||
| Anguteeraq | W | Angutêraĸ | ||||
| Anguteq | W | Anguteĸ | ||||
| Angutikassak | N W | Angutikavsak | ||||
| ▸ | Angutimmarik | W | Angutímarik | |||
| The stem "angut" means man, and the ending -mmarik bears the meaning real, genuine. So Angutimmarik means 'genuine, real, stout man'. | ||||||
| Angutinnguaq | W | Angutínguaĸ | ||||
| Angutitsiaq | W | Angutitsiaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Anguupisen | W | Angûpesen | |||
| One of the few Greenlandic surnames originating from a Greenlandic forefathers name with a Scandinavian -sen added to it. In this case the forefather from Kitsissuarsuit, Disko Bay bore the name: Anguupersuaq (the great Anguupi), adapted into the Danish spelling: Angubesen. | ||||||
| Ani | W | Ane | ||||
| Aniinngu | W | Anĩngo | ||||
| Aningaaq | W | Aningâĸ | ||||
| Aninngu | W | |||||
| Aninnguaq | W | Anínguaĸ | ||||
| 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. | ||||||
| ▸ | Anngannguujuk | W | Ángángûjuk | |||
| Kinship term. Mythological name. From Anngak, 'her brothers child', with the ending -nguujuk (sweet little). (opposite qangiak/qangiaq: his brothers child, nuaraluaq & ujoruk: sisters child.) Name of the main character of a myth which is very popular among children. | ||||||
| Anu | W | Ano | ||||
| Apaa | W | Apâ | ||||
| Apaajaq | W | Apaujaĸ | ||||
| Apaaq | W | Apâĸ | ||||
| Apannguaq | W | Apánguaĸ | ||||
| Apia | W | Apia | ||||
| Apileq | W | Apileĸ | ||||
| Appa | W | Agpa | ||||
| Appaaq | W | Agpâĸ | ||||
| Appaaraq | W | Agpâraĸ | ||||
| Appak | W | Agpak | ||||
| ▸ | 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.) | ||||||
| Aqqa | W | Arĸa | ||||
| Aqqajuna | W | Arĸajuna | ||||
| Aqqalooraq | W | Arĸalôraĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Aqqalu | W | Arĸalo | |||
| kinship term | ||||||
| Aqqalua | W | Arĸalua | ||||
| Aqqalualii | W | Arĸalualê | ||||
| Aqqaluannguaq | W | Arĸalúnguaĸ | ||||
| Aqqaluaq | W | Arĸaluaĸ | ||||
| Aqqaluartaa | W | Arĸaluartâ | ||||
| Aqqaluartaaq | W | Arĸaluartâĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Aqqaluk | W | Arĸaluk | |||
| Kinship term. | ||||||
| Aqqalunnguaq | W | Arĸalúnguaĸ | ||||
| Aqqaq | W | Arĸaĸ | ||||
| Aqqatsiaq | W | Arĸatsiaĸ | ||||
| Aqqu | W | Arĸo | ||||
| Arfaaraq | W | Arfâraĸ | ||||
| Arfaatsoq | W | Arfaitsoĸ | ||||
| Arfalik | W | Arfalik | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Arniaq | W | Arniaĸ | ||||
| Arnisaq | W | Arnissaĸ | ||||
| Arpaajuk | W | Arpâjuk | ||||
| Arpaarsuk | W | Arpârssuk | ||||
| ▸ | Arpaarti | E W | Arpârte | |||
| The messenger. From arpappoq 'runs' (arpaartoq: runs from house to house to give a message)'. Another personal name with the same etymology is: Tilioq, 'friend' or 'sends him a message through another person'. | ||||||
| Arpallak | W | Arpatdlak | ||||
| ▸ | Asarpana | N W | Asarpana | |||
| Hypocoristic name. Meaning: the Genuinely Loved One. From the stem asa- (asasaq, the Loved One), and the postbase -pak (final k and t alternates in frequent use, especially in personal names). The postbase -pak is archaic. In the Yupik dialect it is used with the meaning large, big, to be very, all. In Iñupiaq in Alaska and in Canadian Inuvialuit the ending is used in words such as umiaqpak, large umiaq= ship. Asarpat often is intermingled with the Biblical Asaph. | ||||||
| Asarpat | W | Asarpat | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Asorut | W | Asorut | ||||
| Assagaq | W | Agssagaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Assak | W | Agssak | |||
| Neologism. Meaning: Hand | ||||||
| Assassaq | W | Agssagssaĸ | ||||
| Assersoq | W | Agssersoĸ | ||||
| Ataaluk | W | Atâluk | ||||
| Ataraaq | W | Atarâĸ | ||||
| Atsa | W | Atsa | ||||
| Atsaaka | W | Atsâka | ||||
| Atsaaraq | W | Atsâraĸ | ||||
| Atunguuna | W | Atungûna | ||||
| Avaalaqiak | W | Avâlaĸiak | ||||
| Avaaraq | W | Avâraĸ | ||||
| Avaavak | W | Avâvak | ||||
| 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. | ||||||
| Avataaq | W | Avatâĸ | ||||
| Avatannguaq | N W | Avatánguaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Avataq | N W | Avataĸ | |||
| float made of sealskin (used in the qajaq). | ||||||
| ▸ | 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). | ||||||
| Avigiaq | N W | Avigiaĸ | ||||
| Aviula | W | Aviula | ||||
| Avva | W | Áva | ||||
| E | ||||||
| Eerinni | W | Êríne | ||||
| Eqalugaq | W | Eĸalugaĸ | ||||
| Eqqalaak | W | Erĸalâk | ||||
| Eqqamaq | W | Erĸamaĸ | ||||
| Eqqitsiaq | W | Erĸitsiaĸ | ||||
| Eqqumaq | W | Erĸumaĸ | ||||
| Equaq | N W | Eĸuaĸ | ||||
| Ernannaq | W | Ernangnaĸ | ||||
| Erneeraq | W | Ernêraĸ | ||||
| Erneq | W | Erneĸ | ||||
| Ernersiaq | W | Ernersiaĸ | ||||
| Ernguta | W | |||||
| Erniaranti | W | Erniarante | ||||
| Erninnguaq | W | Ernínguaĸ | ||||
| I | ||||||
| Igalaaq | W | Igalâĸ | ||||
| Iggiti | W | Egede | Iggite | |||
| Igimaq | W | Igimaĸ | ||||
| Iinnguaq | W | Ĩnguaĸ | ||||
| Ikaajik | W | Ikâjik | ||||
| Ikajak | W | Ikajak | ||||
| Ikilluaq | W | Ikitdluaĸ | ||||
| Ikinngut | W | Ikíngut | ||||
| Ikiumaguaq | W | Ikiumaguaĸ | ||||
| Ikiuna | W | Ikiuna | ||||
| Ikkaana | W | Íkãna | ||||
| Ikkaq | W | Íkaĸ | ||||
| Ikkeq | W | Íkeĸ | ||||
| Ikkik | W | Íkik | ||||
| Ikorfaq | W | Ikorfaĸ | ||||
| Ikuala | W | Ikuala | ||||
| Ilaaluat | W | Ilauluat | ||||
| Ilaatsoq | N W | Ilaitsoĸ | ||||
| Ilakujuk | W | Ilakujuk | ||||
| Ilannguaq | W | Ilánguaĸ | ||||
| Ilarsuatsiaq | W | Ilarsuatsiaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Ilasiaq | W | Ilasiaĸ | |||
| Mythological name "A companion (child) acquired (through magic)." From a historical legend from the Upernavik region. See: “Qitornassarsiuisoq” Hans Lynge "Inuppaat" 1991, p. 74-75. | ||||||
| Illaaq | W | Igdlaoĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Imajuik | W | Imajuik | |||
| Meek, quiet. (Child) who is not wont to crying. | ||||||
| Imaneq | W | Imaneĸ | ||||
| Imanngaaq | W | Imángâĸ | ||||
| Inequ | W | Ineĸo | ||||
| Inequnaaluk | W | Ineĸunâluk | ||||
| Ingaaq | N W | Ingâĸ | ||||
| Inneruulaq | W | Ingnerûlaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Innisaq | W | Ínisaĸ | |||
| ‘The one who was given life (through the aid of innersuit – the fire beings (helper spirits))’. According to legends, this name could be mentioned through the ears of a deceased by a specially powerful shaman, and the deceased would be revived and come back into life. The European name Henrik, was often adapted into the Greenlandic language with the name ‘Innisaq’, as was the name Edvard that was adapted into Greenlandic with the name ‘Ittuat’ (the head/leader). | ||||||
| Inooraq | W | Inôraĸ | ||||
| Inoqut | W | Inoĸut | ||||
| Inuaq | W | Inuaĸ | ||||
| Inuina | W | Inuina | ||||
| Inuinnaq | SW | Inuínaĸ | ||||
| Inuk | W | Inuk | ||||
| Inukatak | W | Inukatak | ||||
| Inukkuluk | W | Inúkuluk | ||||
| Inumineq | W | Inumineĸ | ||||
| Inungasoq | W | Inungassoĸ | ||||
| Inunnaq | W | Inuínaĸ | ||||
| Inunnguaq | W | Inúnguaĸ | ||||
| Inusseq | W | Inugseĸ | ||||
| Inuujuk | W | Inûjuk | ||||
| Inuuseq | W | Inûseĸ | ||||
| Inuusuttoq | W | Inûsugtoĸ | ||||
| Iparaq | W | Iparaĸ | ||||
| Ippeqiaq | W | Ípeĸiaĸ | ||||
| Isaagiak | W | Isaugiak | ||||
| Isaalaq | W | Isailaĸ | ||||
| Isaallak | W | Isâtdlak | ||||
| Isaraq | W | Isaraĸ | ||||
| Isaroq | W | Isaroĸ | ||||
| Isavioq | W | Isavioĸ | ||||
| Isigaalaq | W | Isigailaĸ | ||||
| Isigiak | W | Issigiak | ||||
| Isiutaq | W | Issiutaĸ | ||||
| Isortaq | W | Isortaĸ | ||||
| Isuluaq | W | Isuluaĸ | ||||
| Itajaraq | W | Itajaraĸ | ||||
| Itsik | W | Itsik | ||||
| Itta | W | Íta | ||||
| Ittuk | W | Ítuk | ||||
| ▸ | 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 | ||||
| Kaannassuaq | W | Kãnagssuaĸ | ||||
| Kaapi | W | Gabriel | Kâpe | |||
| Kaassak | W | |||||
| Kaassannguaq | W | Kâvssánguaĸ | ||||
| Kaassassuk | W | Kâgssagssuk | ||||
| Kaatsaaq | W | Kâtsaoĸ | ||||
| Kaavaq | W | Kâvaĸ | ||||
| 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). | ||||||
| ▸ | Kajuinnaq | W | Kajuínaκ | |||
| 'the Solely 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), Kajuina & Kajuinna (short forms). | ||||||
| Kakalik | W | Kakalik | ||||
| Kakasaq | W | Kakassaĸ | ||||
| Kakiak | W | Kakiak | ||||
| Kakilik | W | Kakilik | ||||
| Kakitsoq | W | Kakitsoĸ | ||||
| Kalleq | W | Kagdleĸ | ||||
| Kalluk | W | Kavdluk | ||||
| Kamikkaq | W | Kamíkaĸ | ||||
| Kamillannguaq | W | Kamigdlánguaĸ | ||||
| Kamisa | W | Kamisa | ||||
| Kammammi | W | Kámáme | ||||
| Kammammii | W | Kámámê | ||||
| Kangoq | W | Kangoĸ | ||||
| Kanioq | W | Kanioĸ | ||||
| Kanortoq | W | Kanortoĸ | ||||
| Kapisik | W | Kapisik | ||||
| Karnana | W | Karnana | ||||
| Kasana | W | Kasana | ||||
| Kassoq | W | Kagssoĸ | ||||
| Kassorluna | W | Kagssordluna | ||||
| Katoq | W | Katoĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Katsuana | W | Katsuana | |||
| From the word "katsuaq" which means biceps (the large muscle on the front of your upper arm). With the names suffix -na (Katsuaq+na). In traditional society it was common to use human as well as animal body parts as names | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| Kikkeriaq | W | Kíkeriaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Kikkik | W | Kíkik | |||
| Hypocoristic name. The renowned cathecist and psalm writer, Rasmus Berthelsen (1827-1901), was born onboard an umiaq July 10th, in the Amerloq Fiord in Sisimiut, while the family was on their way to go reindeer hunting. He was swept in a reindeer skin and a small tent was made for him inside the umiaq. As they put him there, his father had exclaimed "Kakkaak kikkiik!" (how ugly he is!) Since that day, Kikkik became his pet name and this lasted for the rest of his life. (From the Greenlandic book "Kikkik - Rasmus Berthelsen", by U. Kristiansen 1988, p. 9.) Greenlanders have the habit of calling children with expressions which are contrary to what they mean, but this is always understood as an endearment expression by both parties. Number of name bearers: Kikkik 6 (the oldest born in the 70s). Kíkik 6 (born in the 30s). | ||||||
| Killiaq | W | Kivdliaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Kimmernaq | W | Kingmernaĸ | |||
| Berries from the Mountain Cranberry, Cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) are called Kimmernat in plural and Kimmernaq in singular. | ||||||
| Kimmeruaq | W | Kingmeruaĸ | ||||
| Kinavina | W | Kinavina | ||||
| Kinguliaq | W | Kinguliaĸ | ||||
| Kipparik | W | Kíparik | ||||
| Kissana | W | Kíssana | ||||
| Kissavik | W | Kigssavik | ||||
| Kitigaq | W | Kitigaĸ | ||||
| Kivioq | N W | Kivioĸ | ||||
| Kuka | W | Kuka | ||||
| Kukka | W | Kúka | ||||
| Kukku | E W | Kúko | ||||
| Kulloq | N W | Kuvdloĸ | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| ▸ | Kunuk | E W | Kunuk | |||
| Hypocoristic name. Mythological name. Kunuk is either an antiquated name from myths, whose meaning has become obscure, or as believed by some Canadian Inuit, it could be a hypocoristic name. Perhaps a short form of 'inequnaq' (Sweet/cute One): 'unukunuk' -> 'kunuk'. Several Greenlandic names belong to this category, see: Natuk and Kuluk. Number of name bearers: Kunuk (in Greenland) 136. Kunuk (in Denmark) 20. | ||||||
| Kunulik | W | Kunulik | ||||
| Kununnguujuk | W | Kunúngûjuk | ||||
| Kunuttaaq | W | Kunugtâĸ | ||||
| Kunuunnguaq | W | Knud | Kunũnguaĸ | |||
| Kussaasaq | W | Kugsaussaĸ | ||||
| Kussak | W | Kugsak | ||||
| Kusugaq | W | Kusugaĸ | ||||
| Kuttaq | W | Kútaĸ | ||||
| Kuuka | W | Kûka | ||||
| Kuulu | W | Kûlo | ||||
| ▸ | 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). | ||||||
| Kuupik | W | Kûpik | ||||
| Kuutsik | W | Kûtsik | ||||
| M | ||||||
| Maalaviaq | N W | Mâlaviaĸ | ||||
| Maalu | W | Mâlo | ||||
| ▸ | 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). | ||||||
| Maanu | W | Mâno | ||||
| Maaraq | W | Mâraĸ | ||||
| Majuutaq | W | Majûtaĸ | ||||
| Makkigaq | W | Mákigaĸ | ||||
| Malersorniannguaq | W | Malerssorniánguaĸ | ||||
| Maligiaq | W | Maligiaĸ | ||||
| Maliina | W | Malîna | ||||
| ▸ | Malik | W | Malik | |||
| Malik means "wave". In a hunting society which chiefly makes its outcome from the sea, it is reasonable to assume that names were given from the surrounding environment. There is a category of names which depict natural phenomena such as: Pujoq (fog), Sialuk (rain), Anori (wind) etc., and Malik must belong to this category. In older times names have been bestowed according to the prevailing weather conditions at the time of birth, and it is possible that there were heavy seas during the time of birth. Malik is an increasingly popular name. During the 50s and the 60s, only a few people bore the name. In the 70s approx. 30 persons received it, during the 80s there was a marked increase to 148, and again in the 90s 230 persons were named Malik. In 2005 the number totalled 414. Variants: Malinnguaq (dear, sweet M.), Maligiaq (mid-size wave). | ||||||
| Malitsiaq | W | Malitsiaĸ | ||||
| Malu | W | Malo | ||||
| Mamagoq | W | Mamagoĸ | ||||
| Mamarut | N W | Mamarut | ||||
| Mameq | W | Mameĸ | ||||
| Mangaanna | W | Mangãna | ||||
| Mangilak | W | Mangilak | ||||
| Manguaraq | W | Manguaraĸ | ||||
| Manilik | W | Manilik | ||||
| Manngilik | W | Mángilik | ||||
| Manu | W | Mano | ||||
| Manuaraq | W | Manuaraĸ | ||||
| Manunnguaq | W | Manúnguaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Maqqioq | W | Marĸioĸ | |||
| "The One Uttering Healing Formulas", from the word 'maqqiissut' a magical formula uttered to heal and mend a wound so it grows back together. | ||||||
| ▸ | 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. | ||||||
| ▸ | Massagaq | W | Mássagaĸ | |||
| from mamisagaq: the healed one. Massaaraq (the Little Healed One), Massannguaq (the Sweet Little Healed One). From myths in Paamiut and Upernavik region: Massaaq (Mavsâĸ): the Healed One, Massaluttoq (Mavsalugtoĸ): the Insufficiently Healed One. Aamma takukkit: Suersaq & Maqqioq. | ||||||
| Matsilleq | W | Matsigdleĸ | ||||
| Matta | W | Magdalene / Martha | Máta | |||
| Meeraq | W | Mêraĸ | ||||
| Miiannguaq | W | Mîánguaĸ | ||||
| Miilu | W | Mîlo | ||||
| Miki | W | Mike | ||||
| Mikisoq | W | Mikissoĸ | ||||
| Mikisuluk | W | Mikissuluk | ||||
| Milinnguaq | W | Milínguaĸ | ||||
| Milortuaraq | W | Milortuaraĸ | ||||
| Minagu | W | Minago | ||||
| Minannguaq | W | Minánguaĸ | ||||
| Mineq | W | Mineĸ | ||||
| Minissuaq | W | Minigssuaĸ | ||||
| Miteq | N W | Miteĸ | ||||
| Miteraq | W | Miteraĸ | ||||
| Musaasaq | W | Mussaussaĸ | ||||
| N | ||||||
| Naaja | W | Nauja | ||||
| Naajannguaq | W | Naujánguaĸ | ||||
| Naajarluk | W | Naujardluk | ||||
| Naalik | W | Nâlik | ||||
| ▸ | 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 | ||||
| Nalaak | W | Nalâk | ||||
| Naleraq | W | Naleraĸ | ||||
| Nallissaq | W | Nagdligssaĸ | ||||
| Nammiaq | W | Nangmiaĸ | ||||
| Nannavina | W | Nánavina | ||||
| Napaaq | W | Napâĸ | ||||
| ▸ | 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 | ||||
| Naqqoq | W | Narĸoĸ | ||||
| Naruana | W | Naruvana | ||||
| Nasaanna | W | Nasáuna | ||||
| Nasaasaq | SW | Nasaussaĸ | ||||
| Nasaq | W | Nasaĸ | ||||
| Nassiaq | W | Nássiaĸ | ||||
| Nataaq | SW | Natâĸ | ||||
| Nattoralik | W | Nagtoralik | ||||
| ▸ | 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 | ||||
| ▸ | Navagiaq | W | Navagiaĸ | |||
| "The One Who Travelled from Place to Place." The stem nava- is ancient and has to do with 'exchange', 'moving from place to place', whilst the ending -giaq suggests the meaning 'travel' or 'is out'. The legend of Navagiaq, which is the source of the name, is a so-called transmigrational myth where the main character dies, but travels from animal to animal as a spirit until it is finally caught and takes its abode inside a woman and become born among the human beings, and is named Navagiaq because of this process. The girls' name Navarana also contain the same meanings (see under the name). Variants or cognates of the name Navagiaq can be encountered in other Greenlandic legends in names such as Navak and Navalik. The name Navagiaq and the variant Navaluk are also names known and used among Iñupiat in Alaska. Also see: Thalbitzer, W. 1914: The Ammasalik Eskimo, I, Meddr Grønland 39(5): 272 - 274. Birgitte Sonne's database on myths and legends: http://tors.ku.dk/biblioteker/eskimologi/datasamlinger/sonnesbase/ | ||||||
| ▸ | Navaranaaq | W | Navaranâĸ | |||
| see under Navarana | ||||||
| Naviaaja | W | Naviâja | ||||
| Naviaq | W | Naviaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Neruana | W | Neruana | |||
| The name comes from the ancient word 'neruak' which means 'to choose.' The ending -na is a so-called names affix. The word also has the same stem as : 'neruuppoq' which means: 'dedicates/gives of oneself', 'submits one to acquire it', (ordbogêrak' 1967, p. 123), also the stem 'neruut(i)' which means 'give permission to take', 'offer assistance'. (Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, 1994, p. 231.) The word may also be linked to : 'neriuppoq' (hopes) and 'neriugineqarpoq' (has good expectations to). Neruana was first registered as a name in Northern Greenland in 1799 as: 'Neroenna.' In Nunavut, Arctic Canada, 'niruartaujuq' means 'to be elected' (to an official post or function). | ||||||
| Ngannga | W | |||||
| Ngiinga | W | Ngînga | ||||
| Nigaq | W | Nigaĸ | ||||
| Ningia | W | Ningia | ||||
| Ningiu | W | Ningio | ||||
| Ninni | W | Níne | ||||
| Nipinnguaq | W | Nipínguaĸ | ||||
| Niumak | W | Niumak | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Norsaq | W | Norssaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | 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 | ||||
| Nujukkaq | W | Nujugkaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | 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 | ||||
| Nukaatsa | W | Nukâtsa | ||||
| Nukalloq | W | Nukagdloĸ | ||||
| Nukannguaq | W | Nukánguaĸ | ||||
| Nukanunnguaq | W | Nukanúnguaĸ | ||||
| Nukappi | W | Nukagpe | ||||
| Nukappiaaluk | W | Nukagpiâluk | ||||
| Nukappiannguaq | N W | Nukagpiánguaĸ | ||||
| Nukappiaq | W | Nukagpiaĸ | ||||
| Nukappiaraq | W | Nukagpiaraĸ | ||||
| Nukarlana | W | Nukardlana | ||||
| Nukarleq | W | Nukardleĸ | ||||
| Nukarliaq | W | Nukardliaĸ | ||||
| Nukarta | W | Nukarta | ||||
| Nukartaa | W | Nukartâ | ||||
| Nukartaaq | W | Nukartâĸ | ||||
| Nukatsaaq | W | Nukatsâĸ | ||||
| Nukik | W | Nukik | ||||
| Nukki | W | Núke | ||||
| Nungu | W | Nungo | ||||
| Nungunu | W | Nunguno | ||||
| Nunngaq | W | Núnguaĸ | ||||
| Nunni | W | Núne | ||||
| Nunnu | W | Núno | ||||
| Nusaasaq | W | Nusaussaĸ | ||||
| Nuungajuk | W | Nûngajuk | ||||
| Nuunu | W | Nûno | ||||
| Nuunuuta | W | Nûnûta | ||||
| O | ||||||
| Ooqi | W | Ôĸe | ||||
| Oqajaq | W | Oĸajaĸ | ||||
| Oqalikaq | W | Oĸalikaĸ | ||||
| Oqi | W | Oĸe | ||||
| Oqila | W | Oĸila | ||||
| Oqilaatsoq | W | Oĸilaitsoĸ | ||||
| Oqina | W | Oĸina | ||||
| Oqitsoq | W | Oĸitsoĸ | ||||
| Oqqapia | E W | Orĸapia | ||||
| Orliina | W | Ordlîna | ||||
| Orlinnguaq | W | Ordlínguaĸ | ||||
| P | ||||||
| Paajuk | W | Pâjuk | ||||
| Paalu | W | Paulus / Poul / Paul | Pâlo | |||
| ▸ | 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. | ||||||
| Paartoq | W | Paortoĸ | ||||
| Paavia | W | Poul/Paul | Pâvia | |||
| 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. | ||||||
| Palu | W | Palo | ||||
| 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. | ||||||
| Peqitaq | W | Peĸitaĸ | ||||
| Peqittoq | W | Peĸigtoĸ | ||||
| Peqqik | W | Perĸik | ||||
| Peri | W | Preben | Pere | |||
| Perraq | W | Perraĸ | ||||
| Persileq | W | Persileĸ | ||||
| Piffarik | W | Pivfarik | ||||
| Pikinnguaq | W | Pikínguaĸ | ||||
| Pilagaq | W | Pilagaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Piloq | N W | Piloĸ | |||
| Probably a short form of the word pilutaq (leaf). But Inughuit also have a way of saying: "pilugataaraa" which means "handles it with care." | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Pingeq | W | Pingeĸ | ||||
| Pingiaq | W | Pingiaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | 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. | ||||||
| Pinnernaq | W | Pínernaĸ | ||||
| Pippi | W | Pípe | ||||
| Piseq | W | Piseĸ | ||||
| Pitu | W | Pito | ||||
| Pituaq | W | Pituaĸ | ||||
| Pooq | W | Pôĸ | ||||
| Portusooq | W | Portusôĸ | ||||
| Pueq | W | Pueĸ | ||||
| Puju | W | Pujo | ||||
| Pukeq | W | Pukeĸ | ||||
| Pupik | W | Pupik | ||||
| Q | ||||||
| Qaajarnaq | W | K'âjarnaĸ | ||||
| Qaamaninnguaq | W | K´aumanínguaĸ | ||||
| Qaamaq | W | K'aumaĸ | ||||
| Qaammaasaq | W | K'áumaissaĸ | ||||
| Qaaneq | W | K'âneĸ | ||||
| Qaannaq | W | K'áunaĸ | ||||
| Qaanngusaq | W | K'áungussaĸ | ||||
| Qaarluttoq | N W | K'aordlugtoĸ | ||||
| Qaarsuluk | W | K'ârssuluk | ||||
| Qaassuk | W | K'âgssuk | ||||
| Qaateq | W | K'âteĸ | ||||
| Qajaasaq | W | K'ajaussaĸ | ||||
| Qajuerneq | W | K'ajuerneĸ | ||||
| Qaleraq | W | K'aleraĸ | ||||
| Qanak | W | K'anak | ||||
| Qangatsi | W | K'angatse | ||||
| ▸ | Qangiak | W | K'angiak | |||
| Kinship term. Nephew (a mans brothers son). In Nunavik, Canada, same meaning, but also Qangiaq: child (son) of a first cousin. Other in same category: Anngak, her brothers child. Nuaraluaq, ujoruk: sisters child.) Isumaa: Akkap soraluaa, jorngua, erngutaa. Akilinermi Nunavimmi aamma taamatut isumaqariarluni aamma illooqqap angutip meerai taama taaneqartarput. | ||||||
| Qaqaat | W | K'aĸât | ||||
| Qaqi | W | K'aĸe | ||||
| Qarsaaq | W | K'arssâĸ | ||||
| Qasaaq | W | K'assâĸ | ||||
| Qasaloq | W | K'asaloĸ | ||||
| Qasana | W | K'asana | ||||
| Qasapi | W | K'asape | ||||
| Qasiaq | W | K'assiaĸ | ||||
| Qatik | W | K'atik | ||||
| Qattaaq | W | K'átâĸ | ||||
| Qattaarsuk | W | K'átârssuk | ||||
| Qattaasaq | W | K'átaussaĸ | ||||
| Qavannguaq | W | K'avánguaĸ | ||||
| Qeqquaq | W | K'erĸuaĸ | ||||
| Qiimaaraq | W | K'îmâraĸ | ||||
| Qilagoq | W | K'ilagoĸ | ||||
| Qilerneq | N W | K'ilerneĸ | ||||
| Qilluttoq | W | K'igdlugtoĸ | ||||
| Qilugoq | W | K'ilugoĸ | ||||
| Qipisorsuaq | N W | K'ipissorssuaĸ | ||||
| Qipisuna | N W | K'ipissuna | ||||
| Qissersaaq | W | K'ivssersâĸ | ||||
| Qissisaq | W | K'íssissaĸ | ||||
| Qiteraq | W | K'iteraĸ | ||||
| Qitinnguaq | W | K'itínguaĸ | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Quaajeq | W | K'uâjeĸ | ||||
| Quajaak | W | K'uajâk | ||||
| Quajaq | W | K'uajaĸ | ||||
| Quannaq | W | K'uánaĸ | ||||
| Quiak | W | K'uiak | ||||
| Qujaavaarsuk | W | K'ujâvârssuk | ||||
| Quleq | W | K'uleĸ | ||||
| Quliaaq | W | K'uliâĸ | ||||
| Quliik | N W | K'ulîk | ||||
| Qulitsaq | W | K'ulitsaĸ | ||||
| Qulliaq | W | K'uvdliaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Quloqutsuk | W | K'uloĸutsuk | |||
| Mythological name. Possibly from Kwakiutl Indian: Quequtsa, which means 'sparrow'. Quloqutsuk was a figure in the myth about Aqissiaq, one of the most known myths next to the myth of Kaassassuk. The myth is believed to be a remnant from the presence of the Tuniit - Dorset people (AD 600-900), since it is only known in Greenland and not among other Inuit tribes. The myth is also composed in the way Indian myths are constructed. Also see the name Qulutaq. Robert Petersen: Aqissiap oqaluttuaani eqqumiiginartut. Ilisimatusarfik 1990. | ||||||
| ▸ | Qunaaq | W | K'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. | ||||||
| ▸ | 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. | ||||||
| Qusoraq | W | K'usoraĸ | ||||
| Qussuk | W | K'ugssuk | ||||
| S | ||||||
| Saaguaq | W | Sâguaĸ | ||||
| Saakkorat | W | Sãkorat | ||||
| Saalaq | W | Sâlaĸ | ||||
| Saamaq | W | Saimaĸ | ||||
| Saamik | N W | Sâmik | ||||
| Saamoq | W | Sâmoĸ | ||||
| Sakkak | W | Sakarias | Sákak | |||
| Sakkataq | W | Sákataĸ | ||||
| Salak | W | Salak | ||||
| Salaq | W | Salaĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Salik | W | Salik | |||
| Mythological name. The Western Greenlandic boys name Salik possibly comes from the word: ’saliisoq’ (the cleanser). The name may derive from the shamans spirit journey to the Mother of the Sea, with the purpose of cleansing her hair in order for the animals to return to the hunting grounds. In the beginning of the 80s the artist Keld Hansen published a series of childrens books about a boy named Salik, who lived in Greenland in the 1600s. In that same period, Peter Berliner, a psychologist, did a series of radio programs where the main character was named Salik. Statistics Greenland depicted a rise in the number of boys names immediately after that. | ||||||
| Sapangaaraq | W | Sapangâraĸ | ||||
| Sapangisaq | W | Sapangisaĸ | ||||
| Sapiitsoq | W | Sapîtsoĸ | ||||
| Sapu | W | Sapo | ||||
| Saqu | W | Saĸo | ||||
| Sarfak | W | Sarfak | ||||
| Sarlik | W | Sardlik | ||||
| Satorina | W | Satorina | ||||
| Seernaq | W | Sêrnaĸ | ||||
| Seqineq | W | Seĸineĸ | ||||
| Seqininnguaq | W | Seĸinínguaĸ | ||||
| Sequssuk | N W | Seĸuvssuk | ||||
| ▸ | Sequssuna | N W | Seĸuvsuna | |||
| The name originates from the Thule region and is often interpreted to have the meaning: egg yolk. The name is a cognate (relation) to the word sequsseq (hequsseq in the Thule dialect) from the word hequsseraq (Western Grl.: sequsseraq) meaning egg inside a bird. Spawn from fish is also called hequsseraq in the Thule dialect. (see: M. Fortescue: Inuktun 1991, p. 41) In the Tununiq dialect of Northern Baffin Island, Canada, the word ‘siqussiraq’ is explained as: “an egg still inside the bird, which hasn’t yet developed a hard shell.” (www.asuilaak.ca ) Likewise in Arctic Québec - Canada, the word ‘siqutsiraq’ is used with the following explanation: “egg not yet laid, whose shell is not completely formed” (Lucien Schneider: Ulirnaisigutiit 1985, p. 362). In the Iñupiaq dialect of Alaska Siqupsiraq is a personal name. The star constellation Pleiades (Qiluttuusat or Tartutuuttut in Greenlandic) is called: ‘Siqupsiqqat’. (http://www.alaskool.org/LANGUAGE/dictionaries/inupiaq/dictionary.htm ) | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| ▸ | Singajik | W | Singajik | |||
| Mythological name. Singajik is a cognate to 'singarnaq', a term for a yellowish grey dog (wolf-like). In Canada a shamans' word for wolf is 'singarti' and the word for foxes is 'singakarjuit' (Hudson Bay). Singartik is also a personal name in Arctic Canada. Singajik is a name of a historic person and hero from Kangeq off Nuuk, who moved there from the Arsuk region by the end of the 1600s. | ||||||
| ▸ | Singajuk | W | Singajuk | |||
| Mythological name. Singajuk is a cognate to the word 'singarnaq', a term for a yellowish grey dog (wolf-like). In Canada a shamans' word for wolf is 'singarti' and the word for fox is 'singakarjuit' (Hudson Bay). Singartik is also a personal name in Arctic Canada. The dialectical variant Singajik, is a name of a historic person and hero from Kangeq off Nuuk, who moved there from the Arsuk region by the end of the 1600s. | ||||||
| Singeqqaq | W | Singerĸaĸ | ||||
| Singerneq | W | Singerneĸ | ||||
| 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. | ||||||
| Siukiaq | W | Siukiaĸ | ||||
| Sorlak | W | Sordlak | ||||
| Sorlannguaq | W | Sordlánguaĸ | ||||
| Suigana | W | Suigana | ||||
| Sukateq | W | Sukateĸ | ||||
| Sulluitsoq | W | Suvdluitsoĸ | ||||
| Suloraq | W | Suloraĸ | ||||
| Suluk | W | Suluk | ||||
| Sulunnguaq | W | Sulúnguaĸ | ||||
| Sunavana | W | Sunavana | ||||
| T | ||||||
| Taajuat | W | Tâjuat | ||||
| Taaluaq | W | Tâluaĸ | ||||
| Taannguaq | W | Tãnguaĸ | ||||
| Taaraq | W | Târaĸ | ||||
| Taiungina | N W | Taiungina | ||||
| Tajaq | W | Tajaĸ | ||||
| Tajarana | W | Tajarana | ||||
| Tajarina | W | Tajarina | ||||
| Tajarneq | W | Tajarneĸ | ||||
| Takisooq | W | Takisôĸ | ||||
| Takisuunnguaq | W | Takisũnguaĸ | ||||
| Taliffak | W | Talivfak | ||||
| Talissaq | W | Taligssaĸ | ||||
| Tappiana | W | Tagpiana | ||||
| Taqajaraq | W | Taĸajaraĸ | ||||
| Taqatuina | W | Taĸatuina | ||||
| Taqqaq | W | Tarĸaĸ | ||||
| Tasiaq | W | Tasiaĸ | ||||
| Tasioq | W | Tasioĸ | ||||
| Tassuana | W | Tássuana | ||||
| Tassutaq | W | Tavssutaĸ | ||||
| Tavik | W | Tavik | ||||
| Termaq | W | Termaĸ | ||||
| Tigaq | W | Tigaĸ | ||||
| Tigumiaq | W | Tigumiaĸ | ||||
| Tiiti | E W | Tîte | ||||
| Timmi | W | Tingme | ||||
| Tinneraq | W | Tíneraĸ | ||||
| Tipaaja | W | Tipâja | ||||
| Tita | W | Tita | ||||
| Tivariaq | W | Tivariaĸ | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Tuiigaq | W | Tuîgaĸ | ||||
| Tuilik | W | Tuvilik | ||||
| Tukku | E W | Túko | ||||
| 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. | ||||||
| Tulimaaq | W | Tulimâĸ | ||||
| Tulleq | W | Tugdleĸ | ||||
| Tullerunnaq | W | Tugdlerúnaĸ | ||||
| Tulluartoq | W | Tugdluartoĸ | ||||
| Tuminnguaq | W | Tumínguaĸ | ||||
| Tuneraq | W | Tuneraĸ | ||||
| Tunersuk | W | Tunersuk | ||||
| Tungu | W | Tungo | ||||
| Tungutsiiannguaq | W | Tungutsîánguaĸ | ||||
| Tungutsiiaq | W | Tungutsîaĸ | ||||
| Tunukana | W | Tunukana | ||||
| ▸ | 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 | ||||
| Tuttorana | W | Tugtorana | ||||
| Tuugaaq | W | Tûgâĸ | ||||
| Tuujuk | W | Tûjuk | ||||
| Tuukkaq | W | Tũkaĸ | ||||
| Tuullik | W | Tûgdlik | ||||
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| Ueqqaaq | W | Uerĸâĸ | ||||
| Uerana | W | Uverana | ||||
| Uiaqoq | W | Uiaĸoĸ | ||||
| Uiffaq | W | Uivfaĸ | ||||
| Uiloq | W | Uiloĸ | ||||
| Uilu | W | Uilo | ||||
| Uilulaq | W | Uilulaĸ | ||||
| Uisasoq | W | Uisassoĸ | ||||
| Ujammiugaq | W | Ujangmiugaĸ | ||||
| Ujarak | N W | Ujarak | ||||
| Ujaratsiaq | W | Ujaratsiaĸ | ||||
| Ujarneq | E W | Ujarneĸ | ||||
| Ujorna | W | Ujorna | ||||
| Ujoru | W | Ujoro | ||||
| Ujuuki | W | Johannes | Ujûke | |||
| Ukaleq | W | Ukaleĸ | ||||
| Ukaliusaq | W | Ukaliussaĸ | ||||
| Ukaliusi | W | Ukaliuse | ||||
| Ukamaq | W | Ukamaĸ | ||||
| Ukatu | W | Ukato | ||||
| 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. | ||||||
| Ulloriannguaq | W | Uvdloriánguaĸ | ||||
| Ulloriaq | N W | Uvdloriaĸ | ||||
| Ulornaq | W | Ulornaĸ | ||||
| Uluattooq | N W | Uluagtôĸ | ||||
| Uluutannguaq | W | Ulûtánguaĸ | ||||
| Unaliina | W | Unalîna | ||||
| Unalina | W | Unalina | ||||
| Ungaaq | N W | Ungâĸ | ||||
| Ungiuk | W | Ungiuk | ||||
| Uniaq | W | Uniaĸ | ||||
| Unnaq | W | Únaĸ | ||||
| Uppernanngitsoq | W | Ugpernángitsoĸ | ||||
| Uppik | W | Ugpik | ||||
| 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. | ||||||
| Uunu | W | Ûno | ||||
| V | ||||||
| Viannguaq | W | Via/Vie | Viánguaĸ | |||