Entry № 605 · Other origin

Arnaq Arnaq — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AR-nahk /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Woman (Inuit-Greenlandic foundational)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Inuit)

A name that means "woman (inuit-greenlandic foundational)".

Arnaq is from the Inuit / Greenlandic Kalaallisut arnaq — woman, female. A modern American baby name in the broader Inuit Indigenous heritage aesthetic. Arnaq is one of the foundational Inuit feminine names — central to traditional Arctic Indigenous heritage spanning foundational Inuit Nunaat (Inuit homeland) across Greenland + Canada (Nunavut + Nunavik) + Alaska + Chukotka Russia. The foundational Inuit arnaq concept is central to foundational Inuit cultural heritage + the foundational Anguta + Sedna creation myth where Sedna (Arnaq Aqigssiaq) is the foundational sea-mother goddess + creator of foundational marine mammals — central to foundational Inuit shamanic + Indigenous religious heritage. Foundational subject of foundational Inuit literature + foundational pan-Inuit Circumpolar Council heritage.

Featured throughout Inuit heritage.

Woman (Inuit-Greenlandic). Foundational Inuit feminine + foundational Inuit Nunaat homeland (Greenland + Canada Nunavut + Nunavik + Alaska + Chukotka) + foundational Anguta + Sedna creation myth + Sedna Arnaq Aqigssiaq foundational sea-mother goddess + foundational Inuit shamanic religion + Inuit Circumpolar Council heritage.

The name in its native script.

Arnaq
Transliteration
Arnaq
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑːr.nɑːk /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Arnaq stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Arnaq · 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 · —

Arnaqs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Arnaq (Sedna)
Inuit sea-mother goddess + creator of marine mammals.

Names connected to Arnaq.

The number behind Arnaq.

9

The Humanitarian

Arnaq reduces to nine.

Why families chose this name.

"Inuit woman. Five letters. Arnaq."
Aleqa · Mother of one · Iqaluit