Cook Islands Maori Submitted Names

Cook Islands Maori or Rarotongan names are used by the indigenous people of the Cook Islands.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Akaina m Cook Islands Maori
Means "to singe" in Cook Islands Maori.

Akaiti f & m Cook Islands Maori
Derived either from causative prefix aka- and iti meaning "little, small" or from aka meaning "sin, fault" and iti meaning "little, small."

Akamoeteivi m Cook Islands Maori
Means "let the bones lie, make peace" in Cook Islands Maori.

Akatauira m Cook Islands Maori
Means "to observe and mark". This is the name of a star important for its use in navigation.

Areora f & m Cook Islands Maori, Polynesian
From Cook Islands Māori are "house", and ora "life". Areora is a village in the Cook Islands.

Ari m & f Maori, Tahitian, Cook Islands Maori
Means "visible" and "the eleventh night of the lunar month" in Māori. Short form of Ariki and Ari'i meaning "chief" in Māori and Tahitian.

Atarangi f Maori, Cook Islands Maori
From ata meaning "morning" and rangi meaning "sky" in Maori.

Kii m & f Cook Islands Maori
Means "full" or "wealth" from the word kī.

Kimiora m & f Cook Islands Maori
Derived from kimi meaning "search/look for, seek out" and ora meaning "life."

Mataʻiapo m & f Cook Islands Maori
Means "first-born." It is also used as a hereditary title, specifically for the head of a sub-tribe.

Matamaru m & f Cook Islands Maori
Means "gentle face," derived from mata meaning "face" and maru meaning "soft, gentle."

Matangaro f & m Cook Islands Maori
Means "lost face," derived from mata meaning "face" and ngaro meaning "disappear, vanish, lose."

Metua f & m Cook Islands Maori, Tahitian
Means "parent."

Miʻimetua f & m Cook Islands Maori
Derived from miʻi meaning "grieve" and Metua.

Moeroa f & m Cook Islands Maori
Means "long sleep," derived from moe meaning "sleep" and roa meaning "long."

Ngāmetua f & m Cook Islands Maori
Derived from the archaic plural article ngā and Metua.

Ngātamaʻine f Cook Islands Maori
Derived from the archaic plural article ngā and tamaʻine meaning "girl, daughter, young woman."

Ngātokorua m & f Cook Islands Maori
Derived from the archaic plural article ngā and tokorua meaning "partner, companion."

Noʻoroa m & f Cook Islands Maori
Means "long stay," derived from noʻo meaning "stay" and roa meaning "long."

Nuku m Maori, Cook Islands Maori
Means "The Earth" in Maori.

Puretu f Cook Islands Maori
Means "lovely, beautiful."

Rā m Maori, Cook Islands Maori
Means "sun" in Māori.

Ranginui m Polynesian Mythology, Maori, Cook Islands Maori
Derived from Rangi and nui meaning "large, big, vast, great." This is another name for the Maori god of the sky.

Rongomātāne m Maori, Cook Islands Maori, Polynesian Mythology
Rongomātāne is a god of agriculture and peace (after war) in Māori mythology. Rongomātāne derives from rongo "peace, news", mā "by way of", and tāne "man".

Ruatapu m Maori, Cook Islands Maori
Means "sacred abyss, sacred cave" in Maori. In Maori mythology Ruatapu tried to kill his half brother, Kahutia-te-rangi (who assumed the name Paikea) and drove him out, forcing him to survive by riding humpback whales to present day New Zealand.

Taimana m & f Maori, Cook Islands Maori
Means "diamond" in Māori.

Tamarua m Cook Islands Maori
Means "second child," from tama meaning "child" and rua meaning "two."

Teariki m Maori, Cook Islands Maori
Means "the chief", from te meaning "the" and Ariki meaning "chief". A notable bearer of this name is the Maori politician Teariki Heather (b. 1959) from the Cook Islands... [more]

Te Pua f Cook Islands Maori, Maori, Polynesian
From te pua meaning "the flower" in Maori and Cook Islands Maori.

Tereapiʻi f & m Cook Islands Maori
Means "journey to learn," derived from tere meaning "trip, voyage, journey" and apiʻi meaning "learn, study."

Teremoana f & m Cook Islands Maori
Derived from tere meaning "trip, voyage, journey" and moana meaning "ocean."

Tiare f Maori, Cook Islands Maori
Either from Māori tīare meaning "scent" or from Cook Islands Māori and Tahitian name Tiare meaning "flower". Tiāre with a macron on the ā is the Māori form of Charlie or Charles.

Tino m Maori, Cook Islands Maori
Means "important" in Maori.

Upokoʻina m & f Cook Islands Maori
Derived from upoko meaning "head" and ʻina meaning "grey hair(ed)"

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