Is this cultural appropriation? Native American names?

There's no problem using actual Native words to name pets.

There's no problem using fake Native words (Like Brocky...I'll get to that in a minute) to name pets as long as you don't tell people he has a Native name.

But it is so good of you to be considerate of how we feel about it, and to be consciousnesses as whole. It's really nice to see people like you!

As far as Brocky goes to mean "Tail Feathers Coming Over the Hill" I can guarantee you that's way off. Blackfoot is a very intricate language and the majority of words are way longer than just six letters. While I'm not able to correctly translate that entire phrase into Blackfoot, I know enough of the words to know that Brocky is completely false.

I really like Chetan Luta. I also think just Chetan alone is a very good name (future name of my future child :p), however Chetan is pronounced "chay-tahn" not "chet-tahn." But either way Chetan Luta or just Chetan with or without Chet as a nickname is really, really adorable.

Maohk means red in Blackfoot. It's pronounced like maw-oak. I think that's pretty cute, too.

Maohkssaapo means red tail feathers.

Otaikimmio'tokaan means eagle, but you could just shorten it to Tokaan, lol.

Pik'ssi means bird, which is feminine, but certainly cute for a girl fish.

Blackfoot Native American Names

Why not call him Hipster?

They are the ones with the ridiculous headdress fetish.

And yes, it is cultural appropriation, and offensive, to name your fish things that have been the names of actual people.....but random descriptive words. No problem at all. What people don't get though, is you can't just take any word you come across and turn it into a name. Native languages are very contextual, and a word can change many times over depending on gender, status, and formality.

Of course, that nonsense is badly mistranslated garble, like most of the crap they put on baby name sites.

In my language, red-fish would be Misko-Giigoonh. Pronounced Mi-sko-gee-goo-uh

I am not sure about all native peoples, but, the ones that I am familiar with use descriptions as names. I.e., a name is not a noun, like in our culture, but, a description of the person. So, if that person changes, so does the name. My ex was a traditional native, and her son's name changed 4 times that I know of.

so, if your fish looks like a red hawk, then calling it red hawk works. If it also looks like traditional native clothing, then using a native language for the name works too.

There is a LOT of cultural appropriation to be sure, and something many natives are really concerned with. (My ex sure was!) But, I don't see any problem with naming your fish in the way you describe.

Well, I do appreciate you asking, but I'm not personally offended by you giving a fish a native name. The other natives her may weigh in, but I can't imagine them minding.

As for the website you used....yeah...that's not accurate. I don't speak blackfoot (it's a language, not a tribe) but "brocky" can't possibly mean what it says. Our languages tend to use many more syllables than English to say the equivalent thing.

May I suggest Hoganluta (means "red fish" in Lakota)?

Or " łóó' Łichíí' " which is how you'd say it in my language?

I think that it shows you respect Indigenous culture by asking and seeking an answer I think it cute. Some times I joke call my dog the one who eats alot lol Red Fish Pahaat Katsiki Pawnee Caddoan