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What does the name Cherokee mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Cherokee

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Native American
73%
Indian (Sanskrit)
18%
American
9%

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  1. According to a user from Texas, U.S., the name Cherokee is of American origin and means "It is a native american tribe".
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  1. The Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee
  2. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma
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Most likely from the Cherokee autonym ᏣᎳᎩ (tsalagi). Derivation from a Choctaw exonym meaning "those who live in caves" (compare chiluk (“cave”)) has also been suggested — the Iroquois term for the Cherokee was Oyata'ge'ronon (“inhabitants of the cave country”) — as has derivation from a Creek term for "person(s) who speak(s) a non-Creek language" (see celokketv (“to speak a non-creek language”)).

Whatever its origin, the ethnonym entered European languages at an early date, perhaps as early as the 1670s; in Spanish, the people are called the Tchalaquei as early as 1755.

  1. An indigenous North American people.
  2. Their Iroquoian language, spoken in Oklahoma and North Carolina.
  3. A syllabary for the Cherokee language invented by Sequoyah.
  4. A town in Colbert County, Alabama.
  5. Cherokee Village, Arkansas.
  6. A census-designated place in Butte County, California.
  7. A former gold mining settlement in Nevada County, California.
  8. A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Iowa.
  9. A city in Crawford County, Kansas.
  10. A census-designated place in Swain County and Jackson County, North Carolina.
  11. An unincorporated community in Logan County, Ohio.
  12. A city, the county seat of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
  13. An unincorporated community in Grainger County, Tennessee.
  14. An unincorporated community in San Saba County, Texas.
  15. An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia
  16. An unincorporated community in Hull, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  17. A town in Victoria, Australia.
  18. Ellipsis of Cherokee County
  19. A member of this people.

Cherokee was also found in the following language(s): Dutch

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Notable Persons Named Cherokee

Notable Persons Named Cherokee

Cherokee Parks

Cherokee Parks is a basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Vancouver Grizzlies, Washington Wizards, San Antonio Spurs, and Golden State Warriors. Cherokee was born on October 11th, 1972 in Huntington Beach, California.

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Cherokee Fisher

Cherokee Fisher was a baseball player. Cherokee was born in 1844 in Philadelphia. Cherokee is also known as Fisher and William Charles. He breathed his last breath on September 26th, 1912.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Cherokee

Notable Persons With the Last Name Cherokee

Charles Thompson

Charles Thompson was a farmer and lawyer. Charles was given the name Oochalata, ᎤᏤᎳᏔ, in Cherokee . Charles is also known as Charles Thompson. He left this life on June 22nd, 1891.

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Fun Facts about the name Cherokee

  • How Popular is the name Cherokee? Cherokee is the 5,626th most popular name of all time.
  • How many people with the first name Cherokee have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,806 babies born with the first name Cherokee in the United States. That's more than enough people named Cherokee to occupy the territory of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway) with an estimated population of 2,495 (as of March 1, 2010).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Cherokee? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1920 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Cherokee first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Cherokee is Saturday, September 18th, 1875.
  • What year had the most people named Cherokee born? The highest recorded use of the first name Cherokee was in 1998 with a total of 143 babies.
  • Random Cherokee Factoid: According to the 1999 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Cherokee is not a popular baby girl's name in Oklahoma. Imagine that, only 14 babies in Oklahoma have the same name in 1999.
  • Weird things about the name Cherokee: The name spelled backwards is Eekorehc. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Eecerokh. How do you pronounce that?
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