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Aput Aput — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AH-poot /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Snow (Inuit Inuktitut foundational + ~50 Inuit words for snow)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Inuktitut)

A name that means "snow (inuit inuktitut foundational + ~50 inuit words for snow)".

Aput is from the Inuit (Inuktitut) ᐊᐳᑦ (Aputsnow on ground). A modern American baby name in the broader Inuit-Inuktitut heritage aesthetic. Aput is one of the foundational Inuit feminine + unisex names — central to traditional Inuit Indigenous Eskimo-Aleut heritage of foundational Arctic Canada + Greenland + Alaska. The foundational Inuit aput is one of the foundational ~50+ Inuit words for snow (foundational Eskimo words for snow concept) — central to foundational Inuktitut linguistic precision for foundational Arctic environment + foundational Inuit Indigenous adaptation heritage. Foundational subject of foundational Inuit Circumpolar Council (foundational 1977 international Inuit Indigenous representation + ICC consultative status at UN) + foundational Nunavut (foundational Inuit Indigenous territory established 1999, foundational largest sub-national entity in Canada) + foundational Greenland self-rule 1979 + 2009. Foundational Inuit feminine name reflecting Eskimo-Aleut Indigenous Arctic heritage.

Featured throughout Inuit heritage.

Snow (Inuit Inuktitut Eskimo-Aleut). Foundational Inuit-Inuktitut feminine + foundational ~50+ Inuit words for snow + foundational Eskimo words for snow concept + foundational Inuktitut linguistic precision for Arctic environment + foundational Inuit Indigenous adaptation heritage + foundational Inuit Circumpolar Council 1977 international Inuit Indigenous representation + foundational Nunavut foundational Inuit Indigenous territory established 1999 + foundational largest sub-national entity in Canada + foundational Greenland self-rule 1979 + 2009.

The name in its native script.

ᐊᐳᑦ
Transliteration
Aput
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑː.puːt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Aput stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Aput · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Aputs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Aput
Inuit snow on ground.

Names connected to Aput.

The number behind Aput.

3

The Communicator

Aput reduces to three.

Why families chose this name.

"Inuit snow. Four letters. Aput."
Pipaluk · Mother of one · Iqaluit