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inuit names

inuit names

inuit names is the most strangers names in the world ,Inuit names are fortunately being revived after almost becoming lost and replaced by alternate naming conventions.

The inuit people names example :

baker lake (qaminituak)
chesterfield inlet (igluligarjuk)
Coral Harbour (salliq)
Arviat Rankin inlet (kangiliniq)

Inuit names List

inuit name 1inuit name 2inuit name 3inuit name 4inuit name 5inuit name 6inuit names
A'akuluujjusi AdlartokAgaAglaktiAgloolikAgutaAhnah
AkiakAkna 
Aipaloovik
Akkikiktok Akluitok 
Aituserk
AkkituyokAlignak  

all the inuit names in list above are One of the most popular male and femal Inuit names,Inuit naming is a very important aspect of Inuit culture. Inuit sometimes chose a name for their newborn babies, sometimes prior to birth. Inuit name their children after body parts, such as Kanaaq – shin (I think) or lower part of the leg, putuguq - big toe, sometimes after animals, Kumaruaq (caribou in shaman's language), Taqtu – kidney (my middle name), or after what is in the sky – Siqiniq (sun) - Hiqiniq in the Nattilingmiut dialect, Taqqiq - moon, Ubluriaq (Aivilingmiut dialect) Ulluriaq (Uqqurmiut dialect), Nanurjuk - the star Betelguese in the Orion constellation, or after animals, Qinalugaq (Beluga whale), Nattiq/Natsiq (seal), Ugjuk (bearded seal), or after spiritual names, Nuliajuk (a woman with a fin, boss of all seals under the sea), Nanurluk - mythical super-size polar bear, Ijiraq (caribou-like spirit), Jack Anawak"s original name is Ijiraq, prior to Surname Project of the N.W.T. Government in 1970, Tuutalik, or we name our children, after our parents or grandparents or someone who we respect, doesn't necessarily have to be a relative.