Atagulkalu/Atakullakulla leaning wood | Chea Sequah red bird | Coowescoowe egret | Degataga standing together |
Diwali bowl | Galegina/Galegenoh stag | Ganun'dalegi follows the ridge | Kulakinah/Kilakina/Kullageenah stag |
Mohe elk | Nunna Hidihi man on mountain peak | Onacona/Oukonunaka white owl | Sequoyah/Sikwaji sparrow/principal bird |
Tamela Pashme blunt knife | Tsiyi canoe | Tsiyu-Gunsini pulling canoe | Unaduti woolly head/negro |
Waya wolf |
Adsila blossom | Ahawi deer | Ahyoka she brought happiness | Ama water | Awinita fawn | Galilani friendly |
Ghigau beloved woman | Hiawassee meadow | Immokalee tumbling water | Inola black fox | Knasgowa heron | Nanye-hi goes about |
Ninovan our home | Salali squirrel | Tsistunagiska wild rose | Tsula fox |
Many Cherokee have used English translations of their names, especially as surnames.
Acorn | Arrowkeeper | Bean | Bear-paw | Bellowingsnake | Big Drum |
Broken-In-Two | Buckscraper | Cricket | Dreadfulwater | Flea | Goingsnake |
Going-Up-Stream | Housebug | Locust | Old-Blanket | Pigeon | Pumpkin |
Rider | Smoke | Swimmer | Tadpole | Tobacco-Mouth | Walker |
White-Man-Killer | Wolf |
Pillan - storm god
This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.
Copies may be made for personal use only.