Submitted Names in New Zealand

This is a list of submitted names in which the place is New Zealand.
gender
usage
place
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Syreeta f English (Rare), African American
Variant of Syrita. This name was borne by Syreeta Wright (1946-2004), an American singer-songwriter and the first wife of Stevie Wonder.
Syrena f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Sirena or Serena.
Syria f English (Rare), Italian (Modern)
Variant of Siria. As an English name, it can be derived from the name of the country in western Asia.
Syrie f English (Rare)
This name is best known for being the name of the British interior decorator Syrie Maugham (1879-1955), who was born as Gwendoline Maud Syrie Barnardo. She was given the name in honour of her mother, whose name was Sarah Louise "Syrie" Elmslie.
Syrita f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Syritha.
Syritha f English
From Syrith, an Anglo-Scandinavian form of Sigríðr.
Syzygy f & m English (Rare)
From the English word, ultimately from Ancient Greek σύζυγος (súzugos) "yolked together". In astronomy, this term refers to the alignment of three celestial bodies, such as what occurs during an eclipse.
Tab f & m English (Rare)
Short for Tabitha. For males, it is used as a nickname such as is the case with Tab Hunter.
Tabbie f English
Variant of Tabby.
Tabi f English
Variant of Tabby.
Tacie f English
Variant of Tacey.
Tacy f English (Rare)
Variant of Tacey. In the Betsy-Tacy series of children's books by American writer Maud Hart Lovelace (1892-1980), it is a diminutive of Anastacia.
Tadd m English
Diminutive of names beginning in tadd- or tad-.... [more]
Taddy m & f English (Rare)
Variant of Teddy and diminutive of Thaddeus and Thaddea
Taenga f Maori
Means "arrival" in Maori.
Taft m English
Transferred use of the surname Taft in honor of famous bearer President William Taft.
Tagg m English (Rare)
Short form of Taggart and variant of Tadg.
Taggert m English
Variant of Taggart.
Taggy f English
Diminutive of Agnes.
Tahitia f English
Derived from the word Tahiti, itself from Proto-Polynesian tafiti, meaning “distant, remote.”
Tai m Maori
Means "tide" in Māori.
Taia f Maori
Means "to paint, to tattoo" in Māori.
Taige m English (Rare)
Anglicized form of Tadhg.
Taige f English (Rare)
A diminutive of Paige.
Taika m Maori
Means "tiger" in Māori. A notable bearer of this name is New Zealand actor and film director Taika Waititi (born 1975).
Tailer m & f English (Rare)
Rare variant of Tyler or Taylor.
Taine m Maori
Variant of Tane.
Taini f Maori (Rare)
This is the name of Taini Morrison who was a Maori arts performer in New Zealand.
Tainui m Maori
Historic canoe from Hawaiki.
Tait m English (Rare)
Transferred usage of the surname or a spelling variant of Tate.
Taitoko m Maori
Means "spring tide, tidal wave" in Māori.
Tākuta m Maori
Meaning as of yet unknown. A known bearer of this name is the Maori politician Tākuta Ferris (b. 1978) from New Zealand.
Takutai f Maori
Means "coast, shore" in Maori.
Talan m English
Variant of Talon.
Talana f South African, English
Use of this name in South Africa probably owes something to the Battle of Talana Hill in 1899.
Talcott m English
Transferred use of the surname Talcott.
Taleah f English (Modern), African American (Modern)
Variant of Taliyah, the spelling influenced by Leah.
Talen m English
Variant of Talon.
Talethia f English
Variant of Talitha.
Taliaferro m English
Transferred use of the surname Taliaferro.
Talice f Indigenous American (Modern), English, American (Hispanic)
Talice is a Muscogee (Creek) name meaning Beautiful Water. It is also an English name as well with Irish Gaelic roots. Talice is also an American Hispanic name for a Varient of the name Talicia
Talisia f English (Rare)
From the name of the genus of flowering plants in the soapberry family.
Tallan m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname.
Tallie f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Tally, a diminutive of Natalie.... [more]
Tallis m & f English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Tallis, which comes from the Old French taillis, referring to a clearing of woodland.
Tallon m English (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Derived from the Anglo-French surname of Tallon. ... [more]
Tallu f English
Diminutive of Tallulah
Tallula f English
Variant of Tallulah.
Tally f Hebrew, English
Diminutive of Tallulah, Talia 1 and other names that begin with or contain the element "Tal-".
Tallyssa f English
Variant form of the English Talisa.... [more]
Talmadge m English
Transferred use of the surname Talmadge.
Talmage m English
Variant of Talmadge.
Talmon m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Talmon.
Talor m & f English, Hebrew
Combination of the word "טל" (Tal), "dew", and the word אור (Or), "light", also used as a variant of Taylor.
Talullah f English (Rare)
Variant of Tallulah, influenced by the similar Irish name Talulla.
Tam f English
Shortened form of Tammy, somewhat influenced by Pam.
Tamairangi f Maori
Meaning as of yet unknown. This was the name of a 19th-century Maori tribal leader and poet.
Tamaki m Maori
Maori name meaning the Auckland area of New Zealand.
Tamakororo m Moriori
This name may also been used and may be use by females today. This was the name of a Moriori man who was killed in 1791 after a misunderstanding over a fishing net with the first outsiders who came to what is now the Chatham Islands.
Tamala f English
Variant of Tamela.
Tamantha f English (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the popular name element Tam (see Tammy) and Samantha (see also Tamela).
Tamarah f English (Rare)
Variant of Tamara. Tamarah was a character played by actress Fern Andra in the film Lotus Lady (1930).
Tamatea m Maori, Polynesian Mythology
Means "the Moon, on the 8th night of a lunar month, first quarter lunar phase" in Maori. Tamatea Arikinui or Tamatea Mai-Tawhiti was a legendary Maori chieftain who captained the Tākitimu on its journey from the legendary place Hawaiki to New Zealand.
Tame m Moriori
Meaning of this name is apparently unknown. This was the name of the last full blooded Moriori (Owenga and Otonga tribes) Tame Horomona Rehe aka Tommy Solomon (1884-1933) and Moriori elder Tame Tainui Tawarere.
Tameron f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Probably created from Cameron by replacing the initial C with a T or an elaboration of Tamara.
Tamesia f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Tamesa and variant of Tamesis, the two names of the river Thames in Roman times.
Tamia f English
Diminutive of Tamara or Tamina. Means "chipmunk" in French. Also in the case of French composer Tamia Valmont (1947-).
Tamica f English
Variant of Tamika.
Tamirangi f Maori
Meaning as of yet unknown; it might possibly be a variant of Tamairangi.
Tamisen f English (Archaic)
Variant of Thomasin. Tamisen Brike was the wife of John Mayo, a Puritan minister in pre-revolutionary Boston, Massachusetts and the first minister of Old North Church.
Tamlyn f English
Transferred use of the surname Tamlyn.
Tammeron f & m English
Variant of Tameron.
Tammye f English
Alternative spelling of Tammy.
Tamsy f English
Variant of Tamsyn.
Tamyka f English
Variant of Tamika.
Tanc m English (Rare)
Short form of Tancred.
Tanee f English (Rare)
Diminutive of various names starting with Tan-, such as Tanya and Tanisha.
Tango f & m English
Vocabulary name referring to a South American dance style that utilises an embracing hold. Its name may come from the Latin tangere, meaning "touch".... [more]
Taniera m & f Maori
Maori form of Daniel or Daniela.
Tannah f & m English
Variant of Tana or Tanna.
Tannen m & f English
Means "fir tree" in German.
Tannis f English (Rare)
Variant of Tanis. This was used by Canadian author L. M. Montgomery in her short story 'Tannis of the Flats' (1920), where it belongs to a Métis girl of Cree descent... [more]
Tanyetta f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Tanya.
Tapley m English (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Tapley, which was derived from the name of Tapeley, a place in Devon, England; according to the toponymist Eilert Ekwall, the place name means "wood where pegs are obtained" from Old English tæppa "peg" and leah "wood, clearing".
Tapu f Maori
Means "sacred" and "forbidden" in Māori.
Taqui m Arabic, English (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Taqi.
Tara f & m Maori
Means "peak, point" in Māori. Also Māori for "sternidae".
Taralyn f English (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
An elaboration of Tara 1 using the popular name suffix lyn. Taralyn was a minor character on the TV show "Legend of the Seeker."
Tareak m English
Variant of Tariq.
Taren f & m English
Variant of Taryn or Taron.
Tariana f Maori
Possibly derived from Maori tāriana meaning "stallion".... [more]
Tariu m Maori
Maori form of Thaddeus.
Tark m English
Short form of Tarquin used in Rin Chupeco's young adult novel 'The Girl from the Well' and it's sequel, 'The Suffering'.
Tarka m & f English (Rare), Literature
Name of the title character in Henry Williamson's novel 'Tarka the Otter' (1927) and the subsequent movie adaptation (1979). In the book the (male) character's name is said to mean "wandering as water"; perhaps the author based it on Welsh dwrgi "otter", literally "water dog", or on its Cornish cognate dowrgi.... [more]
Tarn m English (Rare)
Middle English (originally northern English dialect) from Old Norse tjǫrn.... [more]
Tarnie f English (Australian), English (New Zealand), English (British, Modern)
Derives from either a Maori or Australian Aboriginal name meaning "salty water". It could also be used as a diminuitive of the Tania or Tara 1, or possibly a variation of Marnie.
Tarquine f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Tarquin.
Tarra f English
Variant of Tara 1.
Tarrance m English
Variation of Terence
Tarren m & f English (Rare)
Variation of Welsh Taran.
Tasarla f English (Rare), Romani (Rare, ?)
Possibly means "evening" in Romani, deriving from the Wallachian word searla. Alternatively it is a variant of Tasorlo.
Tash f English
Diminutive of Natasha, Latasha and other similar names.
Tashey f English
Diminutive of Natasha.
Tasmyn f English
Variant of Tasmin.
Tasya f Russian, English (Rare)
Russian diminutive of Anastasia.
Tatanya f African American, English
Perhaps a variant of Tatiana or a combination of the name prefix Ta- and Tanya.
Tati f English, Georgian, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Diminutive or short form of Tatiana, Tatiane, Tatjana and Tatyana... [more]
Tatian m English
English form of Tatianus. This name was borne by a Christian writer and theologian from the 2nd century AD.
Tatty f English
Diminutive of Charlotte.
Taura f English
Feminine form of Taurus or variant of Tara 1.
Taurekareka m Maori
Meaning as of yet unknown. A notable bearer of this name is the Maori politician Taurekareka Hēnare (1878-1940) from New Zealand.
Tauriel f Popular Culture, English (Modern)
Means "young woman of the forest" in Sindarin, from taur "forest" and riel "maiden". It was created by Peter Jackson for the last two films of 'The Hobbit' trilogy, for the name of an elf.
Tav m English
Diminutive of Gustav or Gustavo. Bearers include musician Gustavo Antonio "Tav" Falco (1945-).
Tavi f & m English (Rare), Yiddish
Feminine diminutive of David. Diminutive of Octavia. Variation of Tavish. ... [more]
Tavyn f English
The origin of the name Tavyn is unknown, possibly a made-up name.
Tāwera f Maori
Means "Venus" in Maori.
Tawhā m Maori
Means "caldera/boundary line" in Māori. Short for Tū-te-tawhā - loosely translated as 'holding the boundary'. Tū-te-tawhā was a Māori chieftain of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa tribe.
Tawna f Popular Culture, English (Rare)
Variant of Tawny, possibly influenced by Shawna. A notable bearer of this name is Tawna Bandicoot, a character in the Crash Bandicoot video game series.
Tawney f English
Variant of Tawny.
Tay f & m English (Modern)
Short form of Taylor.
Taya f English (Rare)
Diminutive of Taisiya and Thaïs influenced by the spelling of the name Tai.
Taylar f & m English
Variant of Taylor.
Taylene f English (Modern, Rare), Brazilian (Rare)
Likely an invented name. Possibly an elaboration of Tayla/Taylor with the name suffix -lene in the style of Jaylene and Raylene (See also Tayley/Taylee).
Tayleona f English (Modern, Rare)
Meaning: God's "Jewel of Nature"... [more]
Tayn m & f English
Variant of Tane.
Tayron m English
Variant of Tyrone.
Tayte f & m English (Modern)
Unisex variant of Tate. Also used as a diminutive of Tatum.
Taytum f & m English (Modern)
Variant of Tatum.
Taz m & f English
A diminutive of Tasmin or other names containing similar sounds. Also a British diminutive of Terry 1 or Theresa or Terrence... [more]
Tea f English
Variant of Tia and Téa.
Tealia f English (Rare)
Elaborated form of Teal.
Tealynn f English
A famous bearer is TeaLynn Adamson who starred on “Dance Moms”
Teanau m Maori
Meaning as of yet unknown. A notable bearer of this name is the Maori politician Teanau Tuiono (b. 1972) from New Zealand.
Te Ao m & f Maori
Means "the world, the day, the cloud" in Māori.
Te Arani f Maori
Possibly from te ārani meaning "the orange" (referring to the fruit, not the colour).
Te Aroha f & m Maori
Means "the love" in Maori (te, "the" and aroha, "love"). A variant of Aroha.
Tebbs m English
Either a transferred surname Tebbs or a nickname for Terence, as it is in the case of British speed-walker Terence Lloyd Johnson (1900 – 1984).
Teck m English, American
Short form of Tecumseh. A famous namesake is actor Teck Holmes.
Teddi f & m English
Variant of Teddy.
Tedford m English
Rare name used in English speaking countries. Possibly borrowed from the surname which may ultimately come from the name Theudefrid.... [more]
Tedi f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Teddy.... [more]
Tedmund m English (Rare)
Variant of Edmund, incorporating the diminutive Ted.
Tedric m English
Variant of Tedrick.
Teegan f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Teagan.
Teejay m English (Rare)
Phonetic spelling of the initials TJ. It has been used sometimes as a standalone name.
Teel f English (Rare)
Variant of Teal.
Teeny f English
Diminutive of Tina.
Teigan f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Teagan.
Teina m & f Maori
means "brother" in Maori language.
Teira m & f Maori
Maori form of Taylor.
Te Kaha m & f Maori
Means "the strength" in Māori.
Te Kāhu m & f Maori
Means "harrier hawk" in Māori. Transliteration of "hawk".
Te Koha m & f Maori
Means "the gift; gifted" in Māori.
Teller m English (Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Teller.
Te Māia m & f Maori
Means "the brave one" in Māori.
Temerity f English (Modern, Rare)
From the English word meaning "audacity, recklessness, foolhardy disregard of danger", which is ultimately from Latin temeritatem "blind chance, accident, rashness" (nominative temeritas), from temere "by chance, blindly, casually, rashly", related to tenebrae "darkness" (from the Indo-European root *temes- meaning "dark").
Tempe f English (Rare)
From the name of the Vale of Tempe, a gorge in Thessaly (located south of Mount Olympus) which was celebrated by the ancient Greeks for its beauty.... [more]
Tempestt f English
Variant of Tempest. A famous bearer is the actress Tempestt Bledsoe, who played Vanessa Huxtable on 'The Cosby Show.'
Templeton m English
Transferred use of the surname Templeton.
Temuera m Maori
Transferred use of the surname Temuera.
Tenae f English (Modern)
An invented name that sounds like Renae, but then with a 't' instead.
Tenesen f English
Variant of Tennyson.
Tenielle f English
Variant of Tenille.
Tenille f English
Variant of Tennille. Known bearers include Canadian country singers Tenille Townes (1994-) and Tenille Arts (1994-).
Tenn m English
Diminutive of Tennessee.
Tennelle f & m English
Variant of Tenille.
Tennie f English
Diminutive of Tennessee.
Tennille f English
Transferred use of the surname Tennille. This is the surname of American singer Cathryn Antoinette 'Toni' Tennille (1940-) who gained fame in the 1970s singing duo Captain & Tennille... [more]
Tennis m English (Rare)
This name was given to five baby boys in 1915.
Tēpene m Maori
Maori form of Stephen.
Te Poki m Maori
The possibly meaning of this name is, "to clear the garden." This was the name of a Senior Ngati Mutunga chief.
Ter f & m English
Diminutive of Theresa, Terri, and sometimes Terence.
Terah f English (Rare)
Variant of Tara 1, possibly intended as an anagram of the English word Earth.
Te Rangimārie m & f Maori
Means "the peace" in Māori.
Terentian m English
English form of Terentianus. This name was borne by a saint from the 2nd century AD.
Terilyn f English (Rare)
Combination of Teri and Lyn. According to the SSA, 10 girls were named Terilyn in 2002.
Terilynn f English (Rare)
Combination of Teri and Lynn. According to the SSA, Terilynn was given to 5 girls in 2014.
Terrain m English (Rare)
Means "open road" in English. Derived from the English-speaking word used to describe what road or ground you drive or walk on.
Terralyn f English (Modern, Rare)
Elaboration of Terra using the popular name suffix lyn.
Terran m & f English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Terrance or a masculine form of Terra.
Terrel m & f English
Variant of Terrell.
Terrylyn f English
Combination of Terry and Lyn
Terryn f & m English (Rare)
Variant of Taryn.
Tertullian m English
English form of Tertullianus. This was the name of a prolific early Christian author from the 3rd century AD.
Teryl f & m English
Variant of Terrell.
Teryn f English
Variant of Taryn.
Tesla f English
Transferred use of the surname Tesla. This was the surname or Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla (1856-1943). He is known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system... [more]