My grandmother's first name was Leota. I always understood it to be an Indian name but didn't know which tribe or what it meanst. Can anyone enlighten me?
it's not an Native American name The meaning of Leota Origin: German Meaning: Of the people. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jo Freeman" <JFRBC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> To: <CREEK-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 4:52 PM Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] names > My grandmother's first name was Leota. I always understood it to be an Indian > name but didn't know which tribe or what it meanst. Can anyone enlighten me? > > > ==== CREEK-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > Visit the new Creek-SouthEast Home Page: http://www.nanations.com/creekm > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >
Well technically it could be from other native languages, it's hard to discount one name from all the languages in north america. Especially since it could be just written down the way white people heard it. It could have been pronounced differently from the german form. Just an idea. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Woolf" <woolfpac@prodigy.net> To: <CREEK-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] names > it's not an Native American name > > The meaning of Leota > Origin: German > Meaning: Of the people. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jo Freeman" <JFRBC@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> > To: <CREEK-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 4:52 PM > Subject: [CREEK-SOUTHEAST] names > > > > My grandmother's first name was Leota. I always understood it to be an > Indian > > name but didn't know which tribe or what it meanst. Can anyone enlighten > me? > > > > > > ==== CREEK-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > > Visit the new Creek-SouthEast Home Page: http://www.nanations.com/creekm > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== CREEK-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > Carol Middleton's Legacy > Among the Creeks http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmamcrk4/ > Heritage of the South http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmddlton/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >
What does the name Nahoga mean? Lisa