# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/21 "2009-06-17T20:38:59Z")
Princess Thunder Thighs. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/22 "2009-06-17T20:49:22Z")
Head in Clouds or Kisses Cats on Head or Dances with Dragons As an aside, when I was a little kid (and every bit the tomboy I am now) I was in Blue Birds, which is a little-kid precursor to Camp Fire Girls. They had a ceremony where we all got “Indian names,” and I was so excited because I thought I was going to get something cool as befit my tomboy nature. Instead they slapped me with something stupid and girly like “Little Flower” or some such. The fact that I remember this almost forty years later should probably disturb me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/23 "2009-06-17T20:53:42Z")
Stands in High Heels ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/24 "2009-06-17T20:54:41Z")
Moves chess pieces ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/25 "2009-06-17T20:54:44Z")
Drinks Wild Turkey ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/26 "2009-06-17T20:56:32Z")
_Man, do I really get to do this?_: Two Dogs Fucking ---
**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, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/27 "2009-06-17T21:01:24Z")
Is the two-dogs thing a common joke? Because I’ve seen references to it in Terry Pratchett and Robert Rankin. ---
**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, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/28 "2009-06-17T22:28:45Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > 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. I wish I could help but my knowledge in this particular area is pretty limited. I do remember going to visit some of my grandfather’s relatives in Canada when I was in first or second grade. We visited someone who was a Chippewa medicine man and my mother asked about getting her indian name. He said she would have to spend the night and wait until sunrise but I don’t remember any other info than that. We weren’t planning on staying that long so she never got it. I have heard from others that it has to be given by an indian medicine man/woman and that you have to sit in a sweathouse for a long long time. Beyond that I couldn’t tell you if you have to have a vision or if the medicine man does or what. If I ever do it, I’ll be sure to post the procedure here (if it’s not in violation of the culture, that is) ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/29 "2009-06-17T22:33:02Z")
Data Whisperer ---
**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, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/30 "2009-06-17T22:34:15Z")
Woah! A '99er with less than a hundred posts! Cool. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/31 "2009-06-17T22:34:42Z")
Slave to Glowing Screen. Is that too long? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/32 "2009-06-17T22:36:15Z")
Fluffy Bunny Feet ---
**Author:** ![kurilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea5d25/32.png) [@kurilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kurilla)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/33 "2009-06-17T22:38:32Z")
Nose Stuck in Book ---
**Author:** ![Zhen\_ka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zhen\_ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zhen_ka)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/34 "2009-06-17T22:49:04Z")
Hates Offensive People Who Misunderstand The Whole Concept Of Different Languages, Cultures and Naming Practices. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/35 "2009-06-17T22:50:52Z")
Snores Like Thunder. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/36 "2009-06-17T22:56:30Z")
Waits For Death. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/37 "2009-06-17T23:07:22Z")
Mouths Off To Shaman ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/38 "2009-06-17T23:36:35Z")
Summer Flowers. Given to me by my Mohawk grandmother of my first wife. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/39 "2009-06-17T23:41:21Z")
My Indian Snowboarding name is Falls-From-Lift. My Indian Hiking name is Shadeseeker Waterhunter. To my kayaking friends I’m known as (the) Yakkin’ Yeti. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095/40 "2009-06-18T00:58:43Z")
Judging by the past couple of weeks, I guess my name is: Weirdo Magnet [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-indian-name/500095.md?page=3)