Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Tane

TANE

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Maori, Pacific/Polynesian Mythology

Means "man" in Maori. In Maori and other Polynesian mythology Tane was the god of forests and light. He created the tui bird and, by some accounts, man.

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