Iskwew

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Cree/Nehiyaw (Canada)

Meaning

a Cree or Nehiyaw name meaning woman, used both as a common noun and as a given name that honours womanhood and its sacred place within Cree society; Cree women have historically been the keepers of domestic knowledge, the processors of hides and foodstuffs, and the transmitters of oral tradition; the reclamation of Nehiyaw language names for daughters is part of a broader language revitalisation movement in Cree communities across the Canadian prairies and boreal forest

Gender

female