Seneca - Meaning of Seneca

What does Seneca mean?

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Seneca

[ 3 syll. se-ne-ca, sen-eca ] The baby girl name Seneca is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced SEHN-ah-Kah (English) †. Seneca's language of origin is Native American-Iroquoian. The meaning of Seneca is 'tribal name'.

Forms of Seneca include the names Senaka, Senecca, Senecka, Seneka, Senequa, Senequae, Senequai, and Seneque.

See also the related categories, iroquoian and american.

Seneca is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In the last century Seneca has primarily been a boy name.

Baby names that sound like Seneca include Senaka, Seneka, Saamia, Sajnea, Sakeana, Sakeina, Sakeyna, Sakiena, Sakinna, Sakoona, Sakoonah, Sakoujna, Sakoujnah, Sakouna, Sakounah, Sakujna, Sakujnah, Sakyna, Samaiya, and Samana.

† Pronunciation for Seneca: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"