Browse Submitted Names

This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is unisex; and the usage is Polynesian; and the meaning contains the keywords sun or light or sunshine.
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Aho m & f Maori
Means "line" in Māori. Also means "to shine light" in Māori.
Ahorā f & m Maori (Rare)
Means "light over there" in Māori. From aho "light" and "there, sun". Possibly an contraction of ahoroa, another word for "moon" in Māori. Ahora could also be interpreted as a nickname for the name Ahorangi.
Fieiloeua m & f Tongan
Means "twilight light, dawn light" in Tongan.
Haamoeura f & m Polynesian
Polynesian origin name, meaning "sleeping in the light".
Hanirava f & m Polynesian, Tahitian
Polynesian name, composed by "hani", meaning "favor" or "benevolence" and "rava", meaning "bright", hence the meaning is "bright favor" or "light of favor" or also "bright benevolence" or "light of benevolence".
Haraura f & m Polynesian
Polynesian origin name, meaning "shining light" or "bright red".
Haravera f & m Polynesian, Tahitian
Polynesian origin name, meaning "shining light", "radiant light".
Hunu m & f Maori
Means "sun beam" in Māori.
Ihimaera f & m Maori
Maori form of Ishmael. Also an indigenous Maori name derived from ihi meaning "charm" and "ray of light". Surname of 'The Whale Rider' author Witi Ihimaera (b... [more]
Ina m & f Polynesian, Chamorro
Derived from Chamarro ina "to illuminate, to light up."
Kalāhikiola f & m Hawaiian
Hawaiian unisex name meaning "the life-giving sun".
Keao f & m Hawaiian (Rare)
Means "the light," "the day," "the daylight," "the dawn" or "the cloud," from definite article ke and ao which means "light, day, daylight, dawn, cloud."
Mahana f & m Maori, Hawaiian, Tahitian
Means "warmth, heat" in Māori and Hawaiian, and "sun" in Tahitian.
Maireva f & m Polynesian
Polynesian origin name, meaning "born in the light".
Ramari f & m Maori
Possibly an abbreviation of rangimārie meaning "peace"; or interpreted as "lucky day" from "day, sun" and Waimarie meaning "luck".
Taai m & f Polynesian
Means "sun" in Gilbertese.