On A Treasure Hunt: post all your favourite names from lesser known cultures

those are some tupi guarani names. Tupi Guarani is a “linguistic family”, and most of the languages spoken by native brazilians relate to it.

[name_m]Tain[/name_m]á: means star
Iracema: means honey lips
[name_m]Iara[/name_m]: lady of the waters
Moema: the one who sweetens
Jurema: tree with thorns
Jaciara: moon rising
Juraci: mother’s mouth
[name_f]Jaci[/name_f]: moon
Potira: flower
Bartira: also flower
Maiara: great grandmother, old woman
Açucena: sweet and white flower
Tainara: star, shining one
[name_f]Maira[/name_f]: white foreigner
Jussara: palm tree with thorns
Iraci: honey mother
Jandira: honeybee
Jacira: honey from the moon
Inaiê: lonely eagle
Ceci: mother of the crying
Aneci: gracious

male:

Kauã: hawk
Kauê: kind man
Moacir: son of pain
Ubirajara: lord of the spear
Ubiratã: strong spear
Raoni: great warrior
Taiguara: free man
Rudá: love god

Yoruba/Indigenous:

[name_f]Jana[/name_f]ína: sea goddess or home protector. It also has native brazilian origins, though - it’s mixed. It’s one of the names for the orixá Yemanjá in candomblé and umbanda (umbanda is a brazilian religion that mixes candomble - an african religion -, catholicism, indigenous beliefs and spiritism).

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