This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is Maori.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Aotea f MaoriMeans "white cloud" in Māori. Aotearoa is the Māori name of New Zealand
Arahia f MaoriPathfinder, feminine word for chief, leader, one who leads the way
Aria f MaoriĀria means "tidal pool" in Māori. Ariā means "idea, concept" in Māori.
Hinemoa f MaoriFrom the Maori
hine meaning "girl, daughter" and
moa, the Maori name of an extinct species of bird.
Hira f MaoriMeans "great, important" or "abundant" in Maori.
Hiwa f MaoriShort for Hiwa-i-te-rangi, one of the stars in Te Kāhui o Matariki. Hiwa means "active" in Māori.
Huriata f & m MaoriMaori name meaning "Turn Morning" "Dawn" Or "Daylight". Huri means to 'turn' or 'change' and Ata means 'Morning'.
Ihimaera f MaoriThis name in English even though possibly female before European contact means Ishmael. This is the name of Owenga and Otonga Moriori Ihimaera Rehe (d. 1903) who was a daughter of Owenga-Otonga chief and mother of the last full blooded Moriori Tommy Solomon.
Kaea m & f MaoriMeans "leader of dance/song" in Māori.
Kaewa f MaoriMeans "wanderer, traveller" in Maori.
Kahukura m & f MaoriMeans "red ocre cape" Māori. Personification of the rainbow in Māori myth along with Haere and Ōuenuku.
Kaihau m & f MaoriVariant of Te Kaihau meaning "cloud eater" in Māori.
Kara f MaoriVariant of Kare meaning "friend" in Maori.
Karamea f MaoriMeans "red ochre" in Maori. Also a loan word from English, meaning "caramel".
Kiti f MaoriThis name is a translation of the European name Kitty. This was the name of a Moriori and Ngāti Māmoe Maori woman named Kiti Karaka Rīwai (1870-1927) who was a founding mother who is the ancestor of Moriori Preece family (one of the surviving groups of Moriori today).
Maehe f MaoriDerived from Maori
Māehe "(the month of) March".
Mahine f MaoriMeans "clean girl" or "white girl" in Maori.
Maia f MaoriMeans "courage, bravery" in Maori.
Mairangi f MaoriEtymology uncertain, possibly from the Maori
mai meaning "for ages, for a long time" and
rangi meaning "day" or "sky, heaven".
Makuku f MaoriMeans "pleasantness, friendliness" in Maori.
Matariki f MaoriMaori feminine name meaning "small eyes", the name of the Pleiades.
Matewa f & m MaoriFrom mate meaning "want, to be overcome" and wā meaning "duration" in Māori. Also transliteration of personal name Mathers.... [
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Matuku m & f MaoriMeans "white heron" in Māori. Also Kōtuku.
Meremere m & f MaoriThis name means "Venus as an evening star" and "star". This was the name of the Ngati Tama Chief of Kaingaroa, Meremere (d. 1860) who protected Moriori under him from other Maori chiefs during the Moriori genocide... [
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Pania f Maori, Polynesian MythologyMeans "water" in Māori. Pania, often styled 'Pania of the Reef', was the Māori goddess of water, and is a symbol of the New Zealand city of Napier. A known bearer is Pania Rose (1984-), an Australian model of partial Māori descent.
Rupe f MaoriFrom the Maori personification of the New Zealand pigeon or kererū.
Taia f MaoriMeans "to paint, to tattoo" in Māori.
Taini f Maori (Rare)This is the name of Taini Morrison who was a Maori arts performer in New Zealand.
Takina m & f Popular Culture, MaoriMeans ‘required’ in
Maori. Also the name of a feral character appearing in the
Canadian Mockbuster film the Jungle Boy.
Tapu f MaoriMeans "sacred" and "forbidden" in Māori.
Tara f & m MaoriMeans "peak, point" in Māori. Also Māori for "sternidae".
Teao m & f MaoriMeans "the world, the day" in Māori.
Tearoha f & m MaoriMeans "the love" in Maori (
te, "the" and
aroha, "love"). A variant of
Aroha. May also be spelled Te Aroha.
Teina m & f Maorimeans "brother" in Maori language.
Tekaha m & f MaoriMeans "the strength, a ritual chant to give strength" in Māori.
Tekāhu m & f MaoriFrom
Te Kāhu meaning "harrier hawk" in Māori. Transliteration of "hawk".
Tipi f & m MaoriIt means “affect by incantations” and “pare, slice, pare off”. This is the name of a female cousin of Senior Ngati Mutunga Chief Patukawenga who was married to a Waikato chief of Ngatikoroki named Taui... [
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Toroa f & m MaoriDerived from Maori
toroa "albatross", ultimately from Maori
toro "to stretch; to extend".
Tui f & m MaoriTui is the Maori name for the bird (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), which are easily identified for their small tuft of white feathers at the neck.... [
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Waiata f & m MaoriMeans "song" in Maori. Combined with
Aroha it means "song of love, love song" Waiata-aroha.
Waitara f MaoriDerived from the Maori
waitara, possibly meaning "mountain stream" or "pure water".
Winika f MaoriFrom the Maori name of Christmas orchids (
Dendrobium cunninghamii), a type of orchid that is endemic to the New Zealand. This name could also be written as
Te Winika, which means "the Christmas orchid".