Mohawk - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Mohawk \

is of Native American Indian origin, and its meaning is "people of the flint". The source form is Kanienkehaka. The Mohawk Indians were a tribe of the Iroquois confederacy. Their name has been given to a river and a roadway, the Mohawk Trail. In Algonquin, Mohawk means "cannibal".

Similar baby names are Mohave, Hawk, Mack, Malak, Mark, Mihaly and Mihail.

Mohawk is an uncommon first name for men and an equally uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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