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in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans
Hi, my name is Raewyn, born in Australia but NZ parent. I've researched a bit but always seem to end up with the popular answer that raewyn is the blend of Rae and Wynn and welsh origin. However, raewyn is essentially a name used only in New Zealand. Even Raewyn's like me living elsewhere have NZ roots.
So I was asking my Mum again, and she said as a girl raewyn was actually a name used by the Maori families. So I searched a different path and found that there is a Maori name Reiwana where the English version is raewyn.
Ngā kōrero o tētahi aituā tauhou i pā ki tētahi kōtiro tino rangatira, i roto i tēnei iwi, i a Ngāti Tūwharetoa, arā ki a Reiwana Kīngi Te Herekiekie (TJ 20/6/1899:14). / The account of a strange misfortune to befall a high born girl from Ngāti Tūwharetoa, that is, Raewyn Kīngi Te Herekiekie.
I think this is more likely the answer to the names origin.
So I was asking my Mum again, and she said as a girl raewyn was actually a name used by the Maori families. So I searched a different path and found that there is a Maori name Reiwana where the English version is raewyn.
Ngā kōrero o tētahi aituā tauhou i pā ki tētahi kōtiro tino rangatira, i roto i tēnei iwi, i a Ngāti Tūwharetoa, arā ki a Reiwana Kīngi Te Herekiekie (TJ 20/6/1899:14). / The account of a strange misfortune to befall a high born girl from Ngāti Tūwharetoa, that is, Raewyn Kīngi Te Herekiekie.
I think this is more likely the answer to the names origin.
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plausible, but we can't be certain an unrelated name Raewyn wasn't chosen as a much later match for Reiwana, or if that is an accurate spelling of the Maori name. Reiwana is from 1876, the first Raewyn, 1927
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