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Waabojiig
Say it: wah-boh-JEEG
Meaning
Ojibwe for 'white fisher' (the animal), from waab- 'white' and ojiig 'fisher'.
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: Waub-Ojeeg, Wabojeeg
Famous bearers
- Waabojiig, 18th-century Ojibwe war leader of Chequamegon, grandfather of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
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Where this comes from
- Published resources of the nation concerned
- Well-known works of literature
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