My sister is having a baby, and the great grandmother of the baby’s father was a Seneca. They’d like to give the baby a Seneca name, or at least a Native American name.

Does anyone know where I might find some names for her?

Try this site:

www.20000-names.com/female_native_american_names.htm

(How did we ever get by without the Internet?)

The Internet is indispensable. I don’t know how I’d do my translations without it.

Thanks for the link. What a great site, with names from all over the world!

Ilka

Here is another good site to look for baby names…. BabyNameCenter.com  They have alot to chose from! Good Luck and have fun with the new baby!  :)

U P D A T E

I am now the proud auntie (Tante Ilka) of a little girl named Skye Antonie. Skye is a Scottish girl’s name that is the name of one of the islands in the Inner Hebrides. The baby’s father’s family is of Scottisch heritage on both the mother’s and father’s side. Antonie was my grandmother’s name (and is my own middle name).

Ilka

Congratulations, Auntie.  ;D

- PW

Congratulations on Auntie-hood, Ilka!

Hoorah!!  Congratulations!  If your niece with the beautiful name was born on the 18th, she shares a birthday with a calf that was born right behind our house yesterday!  I think it was a wonderful day to be born… except if you are a cow… it was raining.  The cow didn’t seem to mind one bit, though.

Being an aunt is a wonderful thing, and I hope you get to see your niece very often! :D

Shannon

LOL, Shannon, this little baby had problems to face that were more serious than rain, but luckily everything ended up fine. Thank you all for your nice remarks. I’ll be going over soon to welcome her to the world.

Ilka

This one sounded like a French-Native-American name.  In an article about a Parisian (where else?) Restaurant serving it’s millionth Strangled Duck, there is a restaurant critic named ("I swear I’m not making this up!" as Dave Barry says) Jean-Luc Petit-Renaud.  That translates as John-Luke (I think) Little-Grumble.  I guess he doesn’t complain about the food too much.  I did outfox myself at first, because renard (m.) is the French word for fox.  Renauder is to grumble.