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Native Alaskan Names

By Susan C. Jensen

Finding a name for your unique Sibe can be a challenge. Here are some Native Alaskan names :

Akiak (Brave)
Balto
Chena (River name)
Chinook (the meaning for the warm winds that sometime flow through Alaska.)
Chugach (Chugach Mountain Range)
Chugiak (a mountain range in Alaska.)
Eska (a creek in Sutton, Alaska)
Kaisha
Kavik (This name supposedly means Wolverine in some eskimo language)
Kaya ('stay and don't go back')
Maguyuk (mean "howler" in yupik)
Meshik
Michelo (Beautiful, strong )
Nanook (cute, kind, caring, perfect)
Nanuk
Nao
Nilak (CHIPPED ICE)
Sakari (means "sweet" in Eskimo)
Shika
Tonrar (Inuit Eskimo For Devil)
Ulva (wolf)

 

More alaskan names can be found here: http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/dognames.html

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