Behind the Name: Maori Names

Maori Names

Maori names are used by the indigenous people of New Zealand, the Maori.

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	Description	Separate terms with spaces Search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes example: "lord of the rings" will match names from the novel 'The Lord of the Rings' This field understands simple boolean logic force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a - sign example: +greek +(legend myth) -zeus will match Greek names of myths or legends not about Zeus
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	Syllables	Syllables can only be counted in names that have been assigned pronunciations Names without pronunciations are excluded from results
	Pattern	The pattern will be compared to the name * is a wildcard that will match zero or more letters. example: oo will match names which contain oo _ is a wildcard that will match exactly one letter. example: __z will match names which have two letters and then a z
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There are 28 names matching your criteria.

ANAHERA f Maori
Means "angel" in Maori.

ANARU m Maori
Maori form of ANDREW

AROHA f Maori
Means "love" in Maori.

ATAAHUA f Maori
Means "beautiful" in Maori.

HEMI m Maori
Maori form of JAMES

HINE f Maori
Means "girl" in Maori.

HOHEPA m Maori
Maori form of JOSEPH

HUHANA f Maori
Maori form of SUSAN

KIRI f Maori
Means "skin of a tree or fruit" in Maori... [more]

MAATA f Maori
Maori form of MARTHA

MERE f Maori
Maori form of MARY

MIKAERE m Maori
Maori form of MICHAEL

MOANA f & m Maori
Means "wide expanse of water, deep sea" in Maori.

NGAIO f Maori
Maori name which is derived from the name of a type of tree, also called the mousehole tree... [more]

NGAIRE f Maori
Possibly means "flaxen" in Maori.

PAORA m Maori
Maori form of PAUL

PATARIKI m Maori
Maori form of PATRICK

PETERA m Maori
Maori form of PETER

PIRIPI m Maori
Maori form of PHILIP

ROIMATA f Maori
Means "tear drop" in Maori.

RUIHA f Maori
Maori form of LOUISA

TAMA m Maori
Means "son, boy" in Maori.

TAMATI m Maori
Maori form of THOMAS

TANE m Maori, Pacific/Polynesian Mythology
Means "man" in Maori... [more]

TIMOTI m Maori
Maori form of TIMOTHY

TIPENE m Maori
Maori form of STEPHEN

WHETU f Maori
Means "star" in Maori.

WIREMU m Maori
Maori form of WILLIAM

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