native american indian names

maxie · Guest

Help! Since the birth of my baby I have kept calling her"little bear". She is now a month old and my husband and I cannot agree on a name. However, we were looking through name books and found some unusual native american indian names. We have been looking for "little bear" and so far have been unsuccessful in finding it. We can find bear karuk/pawnee......nita/choctaw.......yana/native american but cannot find the combination "little bear". If anybody can be of help we may be able to register the birth!!!!!!!

Guest · Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 6:41 pm Post subject:

"Maquoketa" is an Indian word meaning "Little Bear"or "Bear River"

"Macquettequet" is Little Bear in Chippewa

"Yana Usdi" is little bear in Iroquois/Cherokee

Guest · Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:06 pm Post subject:

Since when can you leave the hospital (assuming you birthed in one) without naming your baby?

Guest · Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:53 pm Post subject: NAME

I AM A LABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE IN OKLAHOMA. YOU CAN LEAVE THE HOSPITAL WITHOUT NAMING YOUR BABY. BIRTHCERTIFICATES HAVE BEEN SENT IN WITHOUT NAMES. AMMENDMENTS ARE MADE WHEN A NAME IS SELECTED. KUDOS TO YOU FOR CHOOSING A SPECIAL NAME FOR YOUR LITTLE ONE

mattie · Guest

Of course you can leave the hospital without naming your child. Good friends of the family didn't name their son for 2 months until after he was born (and then of all things they came up with Michael.)
It happens more than you think.

maxie · Guest

I am a midwife in the United Kingdom (England) and here you do not have to name your baby prior to leaving hospital. Have you heard of home deliveries? With all births the midwife sends a birth regisration to the registrar and the parents then have to by law, within 42 days register the birth at the local registrar of births and deaths office. It may surprise you to learn that even then you are not FORCED to have a name. When the 42 days is up you must register the birth, but the name can be left blank. You then have upto one year from registration to make up your mind. You need to ask for a Certificate of naming, and use this at a later date to have the name inserted although this ammendment in Scotland attracts a fee. However generally most parents name within 42 days.

Thanks for your replies, I do appreciate all help in naming my daughter.

Guest · Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 5:25 pm Post subject:

Interesting.... my mother in law told me that when she gave birth to my husband, she was about to leave the hospital without naming him, and they stopped her and told her she couldn't do that...so she pulled a name out of her head and used it. Luckily it was a lovely, normal name... Daniel.

I always named my babies in the hospital or during pregnancy though, so I had no personal experience with it.

The only Indian name I know is Kachina, which is a doll too. I know a Tlingit with this name.

I like all the others though, but Maquoketa is a bit odd... It's quite a mouthful!

Anabel · Site Admin **Joined:** 21 Jan 2005 **Posts:** 7061

Ursula means "little bear".

I am afraid that most native names for "bear" are not very nice sounding. Here in the Lac Courte Oreilles band of Ojibwa (in my home town there is one of the largest native reservations in the US) the name for bear is Muqua (Muck-wuh). Muqua Ickwee (Muck-wuh Ick-way) would mean "bear woman". I am not sure what little would be. I will research it further.

Unfortunately, most "so called" indian names that you hear, are actually French, Spanish or Anglicized versions of what Americans THOUGHT that the indians were saying. Many indian names are not really that pretty on the ears, and they aren't true to the language. Also every band of indians have their OWN launguage...there is no such thing as "Native American" like you see in baby books...all bands have completely different languages.

Ursula most definately means "little bear", though. It is of latin origin.

Guest · Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 4:13 pm Post subject:

Ursula has to be one of the least pleasing sounds I have ever heard.

GACK! Hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it hate it !!!!!

I don't like it very much either....

Anabel · Site Admin **Joined:** 21 Jan 2005 **Posts:** 7061

It IS better than Muqua.