Historical names

47 names with a historical theme.

Ahyoka

Girl
Cherokee · "she brought happiness"

Amaru

Boy
Quechua · "serpent"

Ardalan

Boy
Kurdish · "truth; honor; brave"

Atahualpa

Boy
Quechua · "wild turkey;Inca emperor"

Atusa

Girl
Persian · "powerful; brilliant; well-bodied"

Babak

Boy
Persian · "young father; little father"

Cengiz

Boy
Turkish · "strong; great; mighty; Genghis"

Cochise

Boy
Apache · "his nose;Chiricahua chief"

Columbus

Boy
Latin · "Dove"

Cuauhtémoc

Boy
Nahuatl · "descending eagle;last Aztec emperor"

Genghis

Boy
Chinese (Mandarin) · "Universal ruler (Mongol but historically used)"

Genji

Boy
Japanese · "Source; origin"

Goyahkla

Boy
Apache · "one who yawns"

Hideyoshi

Boy
Japanese · "Excellent and good"

Huayna

Boy
Quechua · "young;youth"

Ishton

Girl
Apache · "sister;woman"

Itzcoatl

Boy
Nahuatl · "obsidian serpent"

Jimena

Girl
Hebrew;Spanish · "heard;listening"

Juana

Girl
Hebrew;Spanish · "God is gracious"

Kasra

Boy
Persian · "king; Khosrow"

Khashayar

Boy
Persian · "ruler of heroes; Xerxes"

Khosrow

Boy
Persian · "good name; famous king"

Liliuokalani

Girl
Hawaiian · "smarting of the royal one"

Lozen

Girl
Apache · "dexterous horse thief;Apache warrior"

Manco

Boy
Quechua · "Inca founder name"

Mangas

Boy
Apache · "sleeves;chief"

Mayta

Boy
Quechua · "Inca royal name"

Moctezuma

Boy
Nahuatl · "he frowns like a lord;Aztec emperor"

Naiche

Boy
Apache · "mischief maker;Chiricahua chief"

Napoleon

Boy
Italian;Greek · "Of Naples;lion of Naples"

Nezahualcoyotl

Boy
Nahuatl · "fasting coyote;Aztec poet-king"

Oconostota

Boy
Cherokee · "groundhog sausage;Cherokee chief"

Oguz

Boy
Turkish · "arrow; first; archer; founding tribe"

Pemulwuy

Boy
Aboriginal (Bidjigal) · "Aboriginal resistance leader"

Pirooz

Boy
Persian · "victorious; triumphant"

Sayri

Boy
Quechua · "prince;tobacco"

Sequoyah

Boy
Cherokee · "Cherokee scholar;creator of syllabary"

Sinan

Boy
Turkish · "spearhead; spear point"

Tamasese

Boy
Samoan · "Samoan chiefly name"

Tehoragwanegen

Boy
Mohawk · "Mohawk warrior name"

Tekakwitha

Girl
Mohawk · "one who walks groping for her way"

Tjandamurra

Boy
Aboriginal (Bunuba) · "Aboriginal warrior name"

Tomoe

Girl
Japanese · "Branch of friendship; comma shape"

Tupac

Boy
Quechua · "royal;noble"

Tupou

Girl
Tongan · "royal name;chief"

Victorio

Boy
Apache · "Apache chief name"

Yazid

Boy
Arabic · "to increase; growth"