Aquinnah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-KWIN-a
- Origin
- Native American
Aquinnah is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “land under the hill”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Aquinnah mean?
Native American: Wampanoag place name on Martha's Vineyard
“land under the hill”
Aquinnah is a town on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, formerly called Gay Head.
Is Aquinnah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aquinnah is a girls' name.
How popular is Aquinnah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Aquinnah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aquinnah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Aquinnah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Hadassah, Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Zariah, Azariah, Alaya, Selah, Jaliyah, Amira, Nevaeh, Amaya
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aquinnah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aquinnah, updated 20 October 2026.