At a Glance: Name: Teton – Meaning: prairie-dwelling people (the Teton/Lakota Sioux), from words for "plain/prairie" + "village" – Origin: Lakota (Siouan) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: TEE-tahn
Teton is a Lakota (Siouan) boy's name meaning “prairie-dwelling people (the Teton/Lakota Sioux), from words for "plain/prairie" + "village"”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Teton
Meaning: Prairie-dwelling people (the Teton/Lakota Sioux), from words for "plain/prairie" + "village".
Origin: Lakota (Siouan).
A common claim: Named for the distinctive shape of the Teton mountain peaks, from French. Actually: This refers to a different, French-derived nickname for the Grand Teton peaks, not the Lakota-derived word documented here -- the two are unrelated homographs, though one listicle blends them together as if one derived from the other.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Teton
Phonetic: TEE-tahn IPA: /ˈtiːtɒn/
Popularity of Teton
Teton doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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