Comanche Name Generator

Nʉmʉnʉʉ names, chiefs and family surnames

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Draw from Comanche (Nʉmʉnʉʉ) naming: historical chiefs like Quanah Parker, Ten Bears and Buffalo Hump, Comanche-language words and compound names, translated names as recorded on 19th-century treaty rolls, and Comanche Nation surnames such as Tahmahkera and Saupitty.

About Comanche names

The Comanche call themselves Nʉmʉnʉʉ, "the People", and speak a Numic language closely related to Shoshone. Names were not fixed at birth: a child might carry a nickname, gain a name from a relative, and later take a new one after a vision, a war deed or a memorable event. Many names were short descriptions built from everyday words, which is why the 1860s treaty rolls are full of entries like Esihabit (Wolf Lying Down), Tosawi (Silver Brooch), Potsanaquahip (Buffalo Hump) and Paruasemena (Ten Bears). Quanah itself means "fragrance", and Nocona, his father's name, means "wanderer".

Because agents wrote Comanche sounds in rough English spelling, the same person can appear as Tabananika, Tabenanica or Tabbananica. Those phonetic spellings hardened into modern surnames after allotment around 1900, so today's Comanche Nation is full of family names such as Tahmahkera, Pahdopony, Kassanavoid, Saupitty, Wockmetooah, Tippeconnic and Red Elk, alongside Parker, the line of Quanah's descendants.

This list layers all of those sources: historical chiefs and captives with their translated names, the band names (Kwahadi, Penateka, Nokoni, Yamparika, Kotsoteka), Comanche-language names constructed for this list from roots like esa (wolf), tosa (white), kuhtsu (buffalo) and puha (medicine power), English renderings of the kind written on agency rolls, and modern first-name-plus-surname pairings for twentieth-century or present-day characters. The names and meanings on this page have not been checked by Comanche speakers. If you need a real Comanche name, contact the Comanche Nation's own language program.

How to choose Comanche names

  • Match the era: a single Comanche word or a translated phrase fits the 1700s-1870s, while a first name plus a surname like Chibitty or Tahsequah fits characters born after allotment in 1901.
  • Use band identity as well as a name: a Kwahadi of the Llano Estacado, a Penateka near the Texas settlements and a Yamparika on the Arkansas had different histories and neighbors.
  • Avoid pan-Indian clichés such as 'Running Deer' or 'Little Feather'; real Comanche names tend to be blunt, specific and often humorous, like Elk Chewing or Gap in the Woods.
  • For dialogue, remember that ʉ stands for a sound like the 'u' in 'put' said with spread lips; if your platform cannot display it, 'u' is the usual substitute.
  • Check that an invented compound makes sense: colour plus animal (Tosapuuku, White Horse) or animal plus action are common patterns, but stacking three or four roots starts to look artificial.

Frequently asked questions

What are some famous Comanche names?

Quanah Parker, the last Kwahadi war leader and later a judge and peyote-road leader; his mother Naduah (Cynthia Ann Parker) and father Peta Nocona; Ten Bears (Paruasemena), the Yamparika orator; Buffalo Hump (Potsanaquahip) of the Penateka; Iron Jacket (Pohebits Quasho); and the World War II Comanche code talkers such as Charles Chibitty.

Do Comanche names have meanings?

Most do. Older names describe a person, animal, event or vision: Esihabit is Wolf Lying Down, Tabananika is Sound of the Sun, Kobay-oburra is Wild Horse. Many modern surnames are old personal names frozen by English spelling, so Tahmahkera, Codynah and Wockmetooah all preserve Comanche words even when the exact meaning is debated. The names and meanings on this page have not been checked by Comanche speakers. If you need a real Comanche name, contact the Comanche Nation's own language program.

How did Comanche people get English names like Parker or Red Elk?

Some came from captives adopted into the tribe, like Cynthia Ann Parker, whose son Quanah kept the surname. Others were given by agents, missionaries and allotment clerks around 1900, who either translated a name (Red Elk, Yellowfish, Saddleblanket) or wrote it phonetically (Kassanavoid, Tippeconnic).

Is it respectful to use Comanche names in fiction or games?

It can be, if you treat them as belonging to a living nation with about 17,000 citizens. Use real names accurately, avoid sacred terms and medicine bundles as props, and give the character a specific Comanche background rather than a generic Plains one. Works by Comanche writers such as Paul Chaat Smith and the Comanche Nation's own language program are good places to start.

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A: 17 names

  • Ada Chebahtah
  • Aerwuthtakum
  • Agnes Werqueyah
  • Ahpʉ Puha (Father's Power)
  • Ahteesta (Little Horn)
  • Ahtookah
  • Albert Nahquaddy
  • Alma Yackeschi
  • Alvin Toahty
  • Amos Pahcoddy
  • Anthony Tabbytite
  • Arrow Maker
  • Arthur Weryackwe
  • Asa-Havey (Milky Way)
  • Asa-Toyah-Teh (Gray Leggings)
  • Asananica
  • Asewaynah (Gray Blanket)

B: 24 names

  • Backecacho (Clinton Smith)
  • Baldwin Parker
  • Bear Lying Down
  • Bear Shield
  • Bear Walking
  • Bear's Ear
  • Beatrice Asepermy
  • Bernice Yellowfish
  • Bessie Tieyah
  • Big Belly
  • Big Looking Glass
  • Big Owl
  • Big Red Meat
  • Bird Chief
  • Birdie Pahdopony
  • Black Beard
  • Black Braid
  • Blackbear Bosin
  • Bow Maker
  • Broken Arrow
  • Broken Lance
  • Buffalo Good
  • Buffalo Tongue
  • Bull Bear

C: 22 names

  • Calvin Youngman
  • Carl Wauqua
  • Carne Muerto
  • Carries the Pipe
  • Cearchineka (Standing Feather)
  • Cecil Wahahrockah
  • Charles Chibitty
  • Cheevers
  • Chester Saddleblanket
  • Chony
  • Clara Pekah
  • Clifford Otitivo
  • Clifton Topaum
  • Clyde Poemoceah
  • Coby
  • Comes Home Late
  • Comes in Sight
  • Comes Out of the Water
  • Cooyah
  • Cora Tahhahwah
  • Crooked Nose
  • Crow Tail

D: 7 names

  • Daisy Tahsuda
  • Delbert Quoetone
  • Dewey Pahcheka
  • Dick Red Elk
  • Doc Tate Nevaquaya
  • Dora Sapcut
  • Dry Meat Woman

E: 40 names

  • Eagle Plume
  • Eagle Shield
  • Eagle Tail
  • Earl Pesewonit
  • Eats Alone
  • Ebi Huutsuu (Blue Bird)
  • Ebi Tomoobi (Blue Sky)
  • Ebipuha
  • Ecueracapa (Leather Jacket)
  • Edith Yellowfish
  • Edna Poafpybitty
  • Edward Nahquaddy
  • Eka Huupi (Red Tree)
  • Eka Tatsinupi (Red Star)
  • Eka Tomoobi (Red Sky)
  • Eka Tʉʉpi (Red Rock)
  • Eka Wasape (Red Bear)
  • Ekakuhtsu (Red Buffalo)
  • Ekakwihnai
  • Ekatuhuya (Red Horse)
  • Elgin Red Elk
  • Ella Pahdopony
  • Elmer Karty
  • Ernest Woothtakewahbitty
  • Esa Noyabad
  • Esa Rosa (White Wolf)
  • Esa Saddleblanket
  • Esa Tekwa (Wolf Talk)
  • Esadooah
  • Esakwahip (Wolf's Back)
  • Esakwasi (Wolf Tail)
  • Esakwita
  • Esananaka (Wolf's Name)
  • Esapia (Wolf Mother)
  • Esaqueta
  • Esihabit (Wolf Lying Down)
  • Ethel Chockpoyah
  • Eugene Saupitty
  • Eula Paddyaker
  • Evelyn Kerchee

F: 8 names

  • Fast Runner
  • Fern Quassocheke
  • Floyd Komahcheet
  • Follows the Herd
  • Forrest Kassanavoid
  • Found One
  • Fragrant One
  • Frank Otitivo

G: 6 names

  • Geneva Kowena
  • Gilbert Coosewoon
  • Glenn Pewewardy
  • Good Talker
  • Gourd Rattle
  • Grace Atauvich

H: 21 names

  • Haddon Codynah
  • Hainickseu (Crow)
  • Harvey Woommavovah
  • Hattie Parton
  • Hawk Flying
  • Hazel Kassanavoid
  • Hears the Sunrise
  • Hears the Wolf
  • Herman Codopony
  • Hitetetsi (Little Crow)
  • Hois
  • Homer Poahway
  • Horse Breaker
  • Horse Catcher
  • Horse That Bites
  • Howard Tahquechi
  • Howea (Gap in the Woods)
  • Hoyeh
  • Hubert Ahdosy
  • Huupikwasi
  • Huutsuu (Bird)

I: 9 names

  • Ida Codynah
  • Inez Wahkinney
  • Irene Tabbytite
  • Iron Hand
  • Iron Heart
  • Iron Lance
  • Isahʉʉ
  • Isananica
  • Isatai (Eschiti)

J: 4 names

  • Joe Tippeconnic
  • Josephine Chappabitty
  • Juanita Nauni
  • Jupe

K: 30 names

  • Kaku Esa (Grandmother Wolf)
  • Kaku Tosa
  • Ketumse
  • Kills at Night
  • Kills the Enemy
  • Kiyou
  • Kobay-oburra (Wild Horse)
  • Kobayahtekwa
  • Kobaytosa
  • Kotseepah
  • Kotsoteka
  • Kowena
  • Kuhtsu Kwasi (Buffalo Tail)
  • Kuhtsu Puha (Buffalo Medicine)
  • Kuhtsu Tekwa (Buffalo Talk)
  • Kwahadi
  • Kwahadi Chappabitty
  • Kwaharʉnʉʉ
  • Kwana (Quanah, Fragrance)
  • Kwana Nahwats
  • Kwanahʉpi
  • Kwasiah
  • Kwasinaboo (Snake)
  • Kweehtoh
  • Kwihnai Kwana (Eagle Smell)
  • Kwihnaikwasi
  • Kwihnaipuha (Eagle Medicine)
  • Kwitsikwaai
  • Kʉhtsʉtʉʉka
  • Kʉʉtsʉ Nanika

L: 22 names

  • Lance Bearer
  • Larry Saupitty
  • Laughs at Thunder
  • Laura Parker Birdsong
  • Lawrence Mamsookawat
  • Lena Mahsetky
  • Leon Blackstar
  • Leonard Riddles (Black Moon)
  • Leonard Tahdooahnippah
  • Leroy Tosee
  • Lester Niyah
  • Little Bird
  • Little Owl
  • Little Wolf
  • Lives Alone
  • Lloyd Wockmetooah
  • Lois Nevaquaya
  • Lonnie Pebeahsy
  • Looks Far
  • Lorene Noyabad
  • Louise Pewo
  • Lucille Monoessy

M: 22 names

  • Mabel Asenap
  • Mahcheetowooky
  • Mahseet
  • Many Horses
  • Marie Pocowatchit
  • Maxine Yackeyonny
  • Medicine Bear
  • Melvin Permansu
  • Melvin Portillo
  • Mildred Tahdooahnippah
  • Milton Pahdocony
  • Minnie Permansu
  • Montechena (Herman Lehmann)
  • Mopechucope (Old Owl)
  • Morris Sunrise
  • Mowchee
  • Mowway (Shaking Hand)
  • Myrtle Tenequer
  • Mʉa Kwasinaboo (Moon Snake)
  • Mʉa Puha (Moon Medicine)
  • Mʉaohapi
  • Mʉataabe (Moon and Sun)

N: 22 names

  • Naboo Kwana
  • Naboopuha
  • Naduah (Cynthia Ann Parker)
  • Naduah Kassanavoid
  • Naduah Quassocheke
  • Nahbahkeeah
  • Nahkoosie
  • Nahkwanah
  • Nahmahtsee
  • Nahwats
  • Nahʉʉkʉ
  • Nanisee
  • Nanisuwukaitʉ
  • Neda Parker
  • Nellie Tonips
  • Nina Mowatt
  • Nocona Pahdopony
  • Nokoni
  • Nokoni Cable
  • Nokoninʉʉ
  • Norman Sovo
  • Nʉmʉnʉʉ

O: 11 names

  • Oha Kwihnai (Yellow Eagle)
  • Oha Taabe
  • Ohamatai
  • Ohapuuku (Yellow Horse)
  • Ohawasape (Yellow Bear)
  • One Who Limps
  • Opal Wermy
  • Orville Attocknie
  • Oscar Attocknie
  • Otis Kahrahrah
  • Owl Woman

P: 55 names

  • Paa Kwasinaboo (Water Snake)
  • Paa Puha (Water Medicine)
  • Paa Tʉʉpi (Water Rock)
  • Paakwihnai (Water Eagle)
  • Pabi Esa (Wolf Brother)
  • Pahdocony
  • Pahhayuco
  • Pahi Puuku (Three Horses)
  • Pahitsʉ Kuhtsu
  • Pahkahkunah
  • Pahkwasi
  • Pahrooway
  • Pahtsooah
  • Painted Face
  • Painted Horse
  • Painted Shield
  • Paraibo Tuhu
  • Parkeenaum
  • Paruacoom (He Bear)
  • Paruasemena (Ten Bears)
  • Paruatosa (White Bear)
  • Parʉasʉmʉna
  • Pauline Saupitty
  • Peahwekah
  • Pearl Kosechequetah
  • Pecos Parker
  • Pecos Sunrise

P, continued

  • Penateka
  • Penateka Portillo
  • Penatʉka Nʉʉ
  • Permansu (Comanche Jack)
  • Perry Noyabad
  • Peta Nocona (Lone Wanderer)
  • Pia Aruka (Big Deer)
  • Pia Asepermy
  • Pia Mʉa (Big Moon)
  • Pia Paa (Big Water)
  • Pia Tʉbitsi
  • Piaesa (Big Wolf)
  • Piahuutsuu
  • Piakuhtsu (Big Buffalo)
  • Pianohtseah
  • Piataabe (Big Sun)
  • Piawasape (Big Bear)
  • Pihiʉʉ
  • Pohawpatchoko
  • Pohebits Quasho (Iron Jacket)
  • Pohocsucut (Iron Mountain)
  • Potsanaquahip (Buffalo Hump)
  • Puha Tekwa (Medicine Talk)
  • Puha Tosa (White Medicine)
  • Puhi Huupi (Green Tree)
  • Puuku Puha (Horse Medicine)
  • Pʉhʉbi Tosa
  • Pʉmʉtsi

Q: 9 names

  • Quahip
  • Quanah Parker
  • Quanah Tahmahkera
  • Quassyah
  • Quenah Tosa
  • Quenahevah (Eagle Drink)
  • Quenatosavit (White Eagle)
  • Quetsiah
  • Quirts Quip (Elk Chewing)

R: 16 names

  • Rain on the Plains
  • Ralph Wahnee
  • Rattlesnake Woman
  • Ray Tahsequah
  • Raymond Tahchawwickah
  • Red Horse
  • Red Rock
  • Red Sleeve
  • Rides at Night
  • Robert Holder
  • Roderick Red Elk
  • Rosa Sunrise
  • Rosalie Heminokeky
  • Roy Chasenah
  • Russell Mihecoby
  • Ruth Tahmahkera

S: 31 names

  • Saddyo (Dog Fat)
  • Sanaco
  • Sanapia
  • Santa Anna of the Penateka
  • Sees the Enemy
  • Shakes the Lance
  • Shield Maker
  • Shield Woman
  • Simmons Parker
  • Sits Alone
  • Sits Behind the Lodge
  • Sits in the Rain
  • Sits on the Hill
  • Sleeps Standing
  • Snake Hand
  • Sokoobi (Earth)
  • Sokoobi Puha (Earth Medicine)
  • Spotted Calf
  • Spotted Horse
  • Spotted Tail Feather
  • Standing Rock
  • Stands Alone
  • Stands in Water
  • Stands With the Herd
  • Steals Horses
  • Stella Cable
  • Sun's Voice
  • Swift Walker
  • Sʉmʉ Kuhtsu (One Buffalo)
  • Sʉmʉ Kwihnai (One Eagle)
  • Sʉmʉ Tsihabbe

T: 80 names

  • Tabananika (Sound of the Sun)
  • Tabbyhannah
  • Tabbykwatsi
  • Tabbyyetchy
  • Tabe Mamsookawat
  • Tabe Puha (Sun Medicine)
  • Tabekwana (Sun Smell)
  • Tabenanica
  • Tabivo Naritgant (Cuerno Verde)
  • Tahchawwickah
  • Tahkahdooah
  • Tahkahpeah
  • Tahkofpah
  • Tahnanika
  • Tahneemuh
  • Tahpetʉ
  • Tahpony
  • Tahwahhah
  • Talks Loud
  • Talks Softly
  • Tall Man
  • Tall Tree
  • Tanima
  • Tatsinupi (Star)
  • Tehanno
  • Tehkoncho
  • Tekwʉniwapʉ (Warrior)
  • Tenawa
  • Tepenavon (Painted Lips)
  • Thelma Tehauno
  • Tohobtʉ
  • Tohpahwah
  • Tomasa
  • Tomasa Codynah
  • Tomoobi (Sky)
  • Tomoobi Nʉmʉ (Sky Person)
  • Tonarcy
  • Topay
  • Topsannah (Prairie Flower)
  • Topsannah Tahdooahnippah

T, continued

  • Tosa Aruka (White Deer)
  • Tosa Kwasinaboo (White Snake)
  • Tosa Otitivo
  • Tosa Paraibo (White Chief)
  • Tosa Poemoceah
  • Tosa Sarii (White Dog)
  • Tosa Tatsinupi (White Star)
  • Tosa Tʉʉpi (White Rock)
  • Tosahnanika
  • Tosahpooh
  • Tosakuhtsu (White Buffalo)
  • Tosapuuku (White Horse)
  • Tosawi (Silver Brooch)
  • Toshaway
  • Toyarocho
  • Tsaa Nʉmʉ (Good Person)
  • Tsaa Tekwa (Good Talk)
  • Tsaahabbe
  • Tsaakwana
  • Tsahwee
  • Tsihabbe
  • Tsʉhniʉ
  • Tue Kuhtsu (Little Buffalo)
  • Tue Nʉmʉ (Little Person)
  • Tueesa (Little Wolf)
  • Tuhu Huutsuu (Black Bird)
  • Tuhu Kwihnai (Black Eagle)
  • Tuhu Mupitsi (Black Owl)
  • Tuhu Paa (Black Water)
  • Tuhu Sarii (Black Dog)
  • Tuhu Tatsinupi (Black Star)
  • Tuhuesa (Black Wolf)
  • Tuhuwasape (Black Bear)
  • Tuhuyakwahipu (Horseback)
  • Tuhuyakʉ
  • Tukwee
  • Tuukumah (Black Horse)
  • Two Braids
  • Tʉbitsi Nʉmʉ (Real Person)
  • Tʉhkapʉ

V: 4 names

  • Velma Pohawpatchoko
  • Vernon Wahnee
  • Viola Niedo
  • Virgil Red Elk

W: 34 names

  • Waha Esa (Two Wolves)
  • Wahatuhuya (Two Horses)
  • Wahkeenah
  • Wahpekah
  • Wahquahsi
  • Wahsʉmʉ
  • Wakeah
  • Wakeah Chibitty
  • Wakeah Yellowfish
  • Walks in Smoke
  • Wallace Motah
  • Walter Chibitty
  • Wanada Parker
  • Wanda Nahwats
  • Water Snake
  • Weckeah
  • Weckeah Mihecoby
  • Wellington Mihecoby
  • Weryackwe
  • Wesley Karty
  • White Parker
  • Wianʉ
  • Wilbur Nahquaddy
  • Willard Tahah
  • Willie Yackeschi
  • Wilson Ticeahkie
  • Wolf Road Woman
  • Wolf Tongue
  • Wolf With No Tail
  • Wolf's Road
  • Woman Who Hides
  • Wuleaboo (Shaved Head)
  • Wʉhʉnʉʉ
  • Wʉkʉnʉʉ

Y: 5 names

  • Yamparika
  • Yapainʉʉ
  • Yellow Bear
  • Yellow Wolf
  • Young Bird

Z: 1 name

  • Zelma Niyah