# What's your "Indian Name"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095 "2009-06-17T18:04:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/1 "2009-06-17T18:04:52Z")
I was thinking about what the Native Americans would name people that we meet in everyday life today - instead of “Dances with Wolves” we might have “Interrupts Meetings with Cellphone” or “IMs Too Much.” Mine might be “Spouts Useless Trivia.” What’s yours? ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/2 "2009-06-17T18:07:19Z")
Tastes Like Chicken ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/3 "2009-06-17T18:14:18Z")
Covered In Bees? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Clivas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@Clivas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clivas)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/4 "2009-06-17T18:33:32Z")
Sits on a couch A slight hijack: Members of my tribe (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) can still get indian names if we choose to go through the process. I have relatives with second names like White Wolf, Two Guns, etc… I’ve always wanted to get mine but have been afraid I’ll end up with something like Little Fuzzy Chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/5 "2009-06-17T18:35:13Z")
My beagle has an Indian name: Stands With A Sniff 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/6 "2009-06-17T18:56:17Z")
Stares Into Space ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/7 "2009-06-17T19:08:52Z")
Out of any Teepee ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/8 "2009-06-17T19:10:34Z")
So Big Fat What! or … That’s Show Biz For Ya! or … So Sue Me. See How Much You Get. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/9 "2009-06-17T19:20:31Z")
Little Big Buns ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/10 "2009-06-17T19:26:17Z")
Filled with wind. Short for _man-filled-with-wind-walking-through-a-green-corn-field-and-who-sees-plants-die-where-he-has-passed._ ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/11 "2009-06-17T19:32:35Z")
Dances with Corgis. ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/12 "2009-06-17T19:44:59Z")
Whether it’s parking cars or setting up portable shelters, I know where the maximum amount of shade is going to be during the hottest/sunniest part of the day. Hence my Indian name is “Shadow Pointing”. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/13 "2009-06-17T19:52:25Z")
Viswanathan Gandhi. What? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/14 "2009-06-17T20:01:42Z")
A co-worker once dubbed me “White Bread with Lips.” ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/15 "2009-06-17T20:04:11Z")
Broken Rubber ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/16 "2009-06-17T20:05:49Z")
Walks with Stick. ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/17 "2009-06-17T20:18:34Z")
Corrects Your Grammar and Spelling ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/18 "2009-06-17T20:30:35Z")
Needs No Stepstool ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/19 "2009-06-17T20:36:04Z")
> [@Clivas](#): > > A slight hijack: Members of my tribe (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) can still get indian names if we choose to go through the process. I have relatives with second names like White Wolf, Two Guns, etc… I’ve always wanted to get mine but have been afraid I’ll end up with something like Little Fuzzy Chicken. Sound interesting. Would you mind describing the process involved? I always like to have my facts seperated from my stereotypes. Anyway, I’d be Obessed With Cats. No question. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/20 "2009-06-17T20:36:13Z")
It’d be either Smoked Whole Peace Pipe or Buffalo Butt. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095.md?page=2)