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Aroha is also used as a masculine name in Maori. However, it's more common for females. So, I think that the "Gender" of this name should be changed from "Feminine" to "Feminine & Masculine". Some evidence for this is that Aroha is also used as a name element in unisex and masculine Maori names such as Tearoha (cognate with the Hawaiian name Kealoha). A notable male bearer of this name is Aroha Awarau, a journalist and playwright from New Zealand. Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroha
https://forebears.io/x/forenames/aroha [noted -ed]
The Māori word for love, "Aroha", is cognate with the Hawaiian word "Aloha" and the Samoan word "Alofa", all meaning "love". Māori, Hawaiian, and Samoan are Austronesian languages. Also, Aroha can function as a short form of Tearoha (for both genders) and other Māori names containing this element.

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