Comments for NGAIRE:

When I was born, my mother named me after her Maori nurse, which was Ngaire. She explained the name was indeed Maori and meant 'Sparkling Water'.

-- fagashlil  5/28/2005

It does not mean sparkling water, the words for both in Maori are nothing to do with Ngaire. The most likely origin IS flaxen.

-- Anonymous User  5/27/2006

This is said NGAI-reh, not nye-ree as it often seems to be mangled into. The ng- sound is distinct from a n- in English and sounds rather like the ng in sing. The second syllable rhymes with the first part of men, not with sea. [noted -ed]

-- Anonymous User  5/27/2006

The name is indeed Maori, I was named after the beautiful Nyree Dawn Porter, a New Zealand born actress, who was in the 'Forsythe Saga' in the 60's and the Protectors.

-- rosebag  10/24/2006

Pronounced Ny-ree.

-- rosebag  10/24/2006

It is not pronounced NY-REE. Ny-ree is a bastardized pronunciation. Could you at least get this lovely Maori name's pronunciation correct? It would be the respectable thing to do. It is NGAI-reh!

-- Anonymous User  10/28/2006

Ngaire (Nyree) means a little white flower that grows in a bog. Means that even somewhere as desolate as a bog, something beautiful can grow.

-- rosebag  10/24/2006

This is just wrong. It sounds like "n*gger".

-- bananarama  7/9/2008

How so? There's no comparison. I think you just pulled that one out of your butt for laughs. No laughing here.

-- Anonymous User  10/3/2008

I have had this name for almost 57 years now, my mother was a New Zealander, it is NOT pronounced with EEE at the end it sounds similar to the word 'diary'. I was told it meant 'daughter of the moon' it is also the name of a small moonflower in NZ. Hope this helps.

-- ngaire  1/21/2009

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