Antu is from the Mapuche-Mapudungun Antü — sun. A modern American baby name in the broader Mapuche-Chilean Indigenous heritage aesthetic. Antu is one of the foundational Mapuche feminine + unisex names — central to traditional Mapuche Indigenous heritage spanning Chile + Argentina (~1.7M Mapuche people). The foundational Mapudungun antü is central to foundational Mapuche cosmology + foundational Antü Ngünechen (Sun-Father, foundational Mapuche cosmological deity) + foundational subject of foundational Antü Wenü Mapu (sky region of the sun, foundational Mapuche celestial cosmology). Foundational Mapuche unisex name reflecting Indigenous heritage + the broader Mapuche celestial-naming family alongside Kallfu (sacred blue), Wayra (wind, also pan-Andean), Rayen (flower), Antumalen (girl of the sun).
Featured throughout Mapuche heritage.
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Antu reduces to six.