Oconostota

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Boy · Cherokee

Oconostota

Say it: oh-kon-oh-STOH-tah

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Meaning

Uncertain; no agreed translation.

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

Cherokee

Famous bearers

Oconostota, 18th-century Cherokee war leader

Names worth a look

AttakullakullaBoyUncertain. Usually rendered 'leaning wood'; the English called him 'Little Carpenter'.Indigenous · forgotten

SequoyahBoyUncertain. A popular claim that it means 'pig's foot' (from Cherokee siqua 'hog') is not established.Indigenous · forgotten

Where this comes from

Published resources of the nation concerned
Colonial records of the Americas

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