Boy · Cherokee
Attakullakulla
Say it: at-ah-kul-ah-KUL-ah
Meaning
Uncertain. Usually rendered 'leaning wood'; the English called him 'Little Carpenter'.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Attacullaculla
Famous bearers
- Attakullakulla, 18th-century Cherokee diplomat and leader
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Published resources of the nation concerned
- Colonial records of the Americas
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