Hiawatha - Meaning of Hiawatha

What does Hiawatha mean?

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[ 4 syll. hia-wat-ha, hi-awa-tha ] The baby boy name Hiawatha is also used as a girl name. It is pronounced in English as HHay-ah-WAA-TH-ah †. Hiawatha is largely used in the Iroquoian language and its origin is Native American-Iroquoian. The name is of the meaning maker of rivers.

Hiawathah, Hiwatha, Hyawatha, and Hywatha are variants of Hiawatha.

See also the related category american.

Hiawatha is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Hiawatha include Hiawathah, Hyawatha, and Hastea.

† Pronunciation for Hiawatha: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)"