Girl or boy · Inuktitut
Kananginak
Say it: kah-NAHNG-ih-nak
Meaning
Uncertain; no published translation is agreed.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Inuit names are traditionally passed on from a person who has died and are not tied to gender.
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
Famous bearers
- Kananginak Pootoogook, Inuit artist
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Published resources of the nation concerned
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