Girl · Ojibwe
Bamewawagezhikaquay
Say it: bah-may-wah-wah-gay-zhih-KAH-kway
Meaning
Ojibwe, given in her family's writings as 'woman of the sound the stars make rushing through the sky'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
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: Obabaamwewe-giizhigokwe
Famous bearers
- Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, Ojibwe writer and first known Native American literary writer
Where this comes from
- Published resources of the nation concerned
- Well-known works of literature
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