Boy · Cherokee
Sequoyah
Say it: sih-KWOY-ah
Meaning
Uncertain. A popular claim that it means 'pig's foot' (from Cherokee siqua 'hog') is not established.
Disputedsharp disagreement, or a popular meaning that is not supported.
Sequoyah completed the Cherokee writing system around 1821; the sequoia tree is generally said to be named after him.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 626 babies given this name since 1919
- At its height in 1999, about 1 in 88,700 girls
- 6 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Sequoya, Sikwayi
Famous bearers
- Sequoyah, creator of the Cherokee syllabary
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Published resources of the nation concerned
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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