Native American Names, why the Two?

I note on here Two Knives and Two Wolves. Counted among past friends, I haven't seen for years, Charlie Cree and Elizabeth Two Elks from Oregon and Alaska respectively.





It just occurred to me that I never thought about or even asked why it was two of this and two of that so often? It just seemed like a fine way to be named. Anyway, I'm asking now. Why the "Two"?

Native American Names, why the Two?
I got my name because i used to carry Two Knives and as usual if someone did not know my name he would say the guy with Two Knives it got shortend to just Two Knives and has been my Native name for 40 years im on the Lakota %26amp; cherokee roll as Two Knives at Pine Ridge SD %26amp; Natahalie Mt NC Two Wolves has his own story ask him hes one of my freinds on 360 page I have a freind whose grandfather was Two Lance because he carried two lances into battle. hope this helped Thanks
Reply:why not? seriously, you would have to talk to them-they can tell you the origin and meaning
Reply:I would suggest that finding the number two in so many Indian names connotes balance, i.e., male-female, yin-yang, positive-negative, etc. Maintaining balance is an almost pan-Indian cultural concept.





With some tribes, like the Choctaws and Cherokees, the numbers four and seven are highly significant and often sacred (four directions and seven directions), but these numbers are never used in names.





The highest number I know that was used in a name is "Ten Bears".