Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Maori Pronounced Pron. tam-mie-rang-ee, tah-ma-ee-rang-ee [key] Other Forms FormsTāmairangi Meaning & History Variant of Tōmairangi, meaning "dew", or as compound name Tama-i-rangi meaning "son in heaven". This was the name of a 19th-century Maori tribal leader and poet.