Shoshoni

Native American

"tall-growing grasses"

Shoshoni Origin and Meaning

The name Shoshoni is a girl's name meaning "tall-growing grasses".

Shoshoni along with Shoshone and Shoshonee is the name of a tribe indigenous to the western US as well as personal names for a baby girl. Lovely and evocative as they are, none was given to more than five baby girls in the US last year, making them exceedingly rare.

The name Shoshoni in Pop Culture

• The name of a Native American people also spelled Shoshone, that occupied the territory from what is now southeastern California across central and eastern Nevada and northwestern Utah into southern Idaho and western Wyoming.