Maori Submitted Names

AHORANGI f Maori (Modern, Rare)

AIRINI f Maori

AMIRIA f Maori
Maori form of AMELIA.

ANAHIRA f Maori (Rare)
Variant of ANAHERA.

ANEWA m Maori
Means "to fall" in Maori.

APIKAIRA f Maori
Maori form of ABIGAIL.

ARAHIA f Maori
Pathfinder, feminine word for chief, leader, one who leads the way

ĀRAMA m Maori
Maori form of ADAM.

AREPA m Maori

ARIHI f Maori
Means 'of noble sort'

ARIKI m & f Maori

ATAWHAI f Maori

ATEA m Maori
Atea is a deity in several Polynesian cultures.

ATONI m Maori
Maori form of ANTHONY.

ATONIO m Maori
Maori form of ANTHONY.

AWA f Maori
Means "stream" in Maori.

EITHROM m Maori

EMERE f Maori
Maori form of EMILY.

ERIHAPETI f Maori (Rare)
Maori form of ELIZABETH.

ERUERA m Maori
Maori form of EDWARD.

ETANA m Maori
Maori form of ETHAN.

ETERA m Maori
Maori form of EZRA.

HAIMONA m Maori
Maori form of Simon.

HAKARAIA m Maori
Maori form of ZECHARIAH.

HAKOPA m Maori
Maori form of JACOB.

HĀMIORA m Maori
Maori form of SAMUEL.

HĀMUERA m Maori
Maori form of SAMUEL.

HĀRATA f Maori
Maori form of CHARLOTTE.

HARERUIA m & f Maori
Maori form of HALLELUJAH.

HĀRIATA f Maori
Maori form of HARRIET.

HĒNARE m Maori
Maori form of HENRY.

HĒNI f Maori
Maori form of JANE.

HEREMAIA m Maori
Maori form of JEREMIAH.

HERENA f Maori
Maori form of HELEN.

HEREWINI m Maori
Maori form of SELWYN.

HIKATAREWA m Maori

HIKAWERA m Maori

HIMENE f Maori
Means "melody" in Maori.

HIMIONA m Maori
Maori form of SIMEON.

HINEKOA f Maori
Means "happy girl" in Maori.

HIRINI m Maori

HIRUWHETA m Maori
Maori form of SYLVESTER.

HOANA f Maori
Maori form of Joan and JOANNA.

HOANI m Maori
Maori form of JOHN.

HOKIANGA f Maori

HONE m Maori
Maori form of JOHN.

HŌNORE m & f Maori
New Zealand Maori.... [more]

HORI m Maori
Maori form of GEORGE.

HUIA f Maori

HUKUPAPA f & m Maori (Rare)
Means "frost" in Maori.

HURIATA f & m Maori
Maori name meaning "Turn Morning" "Dawn" Or "Daylight". Huri means to 'turn' or 'change' and Ata means 'Morning'.

ĪHĀIA m Maori
Maori form of ISAIAH.

IHAKA m Maori
Maori form of ISAAC.

IHIPERA f Maori
Maori form of ISABEL and ISABELLA.

IHIRANGI m Maori

INIA f Maori (Rare)

IRIHĀPETI f Maori
Maori form of ELIZABETH.

ITU m Maori

KAEA m Maori (Rare)

KAIORA f Maori

KAPUA f Maori
Means "cloud" in Maori.

KARAITIANA m Maori
Maori form of CHRISTIAN.

KARAMEA f Maori
Means "red ochre" in Maori. Also a loan word from English, meaning "caramel".

KARARAINA f Maori
Maori form of CAROLINE.

KATARAINA f Maori

KERIATA f Maori

KIRITAPU f Maori

KIRRILY f English (Australian, Modern), Indigenous Australian, Maori
Probably a combination of KIRI / Kira and LEE.... [more]

KIWA m & f Maori (Modern)

KOHA f Maori
Means "gift" in Maori.

KOHU m Maori
Means "mist" in Maori.

KOIA f & m Maori, Papuan

MA'ATA f Hawaiian, Maori
Variant of MAATA.

MAEHE f Maori
Derived from Maori Māehe "(the month of) March".

MAHARA f Maori (Rare)

MAHINE f Maori
Means "clean girl" or "white girl" in Maori.

MAHUIKA f Polynesian Mythology, Maori (Rare)
Combination of the name MAUI and the Polynesian root hika "to rub, to burn". In Māori mythology, Mahuika is a fire deity and the wife of Auahitūroa... [more]

MAIEA f & m Maori

MĀKA m Maori
Maori form of MARK.

MĀKERE f Maori
Maori form of MARGARET.

MAKI f Maori
Maori form of MARGARET.

MANU m & f Maori, Hawaiian (Rare, Archaic)
Hawaiian unisex name meaning "bird", from the word manu. Popular for singers.... [more]

MANUKA m Maori
A New Zealand name for the flowering shrub/tree whose scientific name is Leptospermum scoparium, famous for the strong honey produced from its blossoms. The tree gets its name from Maori tradition, because Manuka was the name of one of the great ocean-going canoes which brought the Maoris to New Zealand... [more]

MARAEA f Maori
Maori form of MARIA.

MATAI m Maori

MATARIKI f Maori
Maori feminine name meaning "small eyes", the name of the Pleiades.

MĀTENE m Maori
Maori form of MARTIN.

MATERITA f Maori
Maori form of Margaret.

MATIU m Maori (?), Gascon
Maori and Gascon form of MATTHEW.

MAUI m & f Maori, Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan, Fijian, Polynesian Mythology
Variant of MĀUI.

MEREANA f Maori
Maori form of MARY ANN.

MIRIAMA f Maori, Fijian (Rare)
Maori and Fijian form of MARY.

MOHI m Maori
Maori form of MOSES.

NASSAI f English (?), Maori (?)

NATARIA f Maori (Rare)

NEIHANA m Maori
Maori form of NATHAN.

NGAHERE m Maori
Means "forest" in Maori.

NGAHUIA f Maori

NGAKAU f Maori
Means "heart" in Maori.

NGAWAIATA f Maori
Means "psalms" in Maoritanga.

NIKAU m & f Maori
Variant of NĪKAU.

NUI m Maori
Means "large, abundant, of high rank, important" in Maori.

OMEKA m Maori

PAERAU m Maori

PAIKEA m & f Maori, Mythology, Popular Culture, Literature
In Maori legend, Paikea is the name assumed by Kahutia-te-rangi because he was assisted by humpback whales (paikea) to survive an attempt on his life by his half-brother RUATAPU... [more]

PANIA f Maori, Polynesian Mythology
Pania, often styled "Pania of the Reef", is a figure of Māori mythology, and a symbol of the New Zealand city of Napier.

PARE f Maori
Maori form of POLLY.

PEATA f Maori
Maori form of BEATA.

PETI f Maori
Maori form of BETTY.

PIPI f Maori (Rare)
Maori form of PHOEBE.

PIRIHIRA f Maori
Maori form of PRISCILLA.

PITA m Maori
Maori form of PETER.

PŌMARE m & f Maori
Maori form of POMARE.

PUĀWAI f Maori
Means "flower" in Maori.

RĀHERA f Maori
Maori form of RACHEL.

RAHIRI m Maori

RAIHA f Maori

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.

RĀNIERA m Maori
Maori form of DANIEL.

RAWIRI m Maori
Maori form of DAVID.

RENĀTĀ m Maori
Maori form of LEONARD.

REWI m Maori
Maori form of LOUIS, DAVE and LEVI.

RIPEKA f Maori
Maori form of REBECCA. It coincides with a Maori verb meaning "to crucify".

RIRIA f Maori
Maori form of LILY.

RIRIPETI f Maori
Maori form of LILIBETH.

RŌPATA m Maori
Maori form of WALTER.

RUATAPU m Maori
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

RUIHI f & m Maori
Maori form of LUCY, LOUISE and LOUIS.

RURU m Maori
Means "owl" in Maori.

RUTU f Maori (Rare)
Variant of RUTA.

SAIA m Tongan, Maori (?)

TAENGA f Maori
Means "arrival" in Maori.

TAHU m Maori (?)

TAIKA m Maori
Means "tiger" in Maori.... [more]

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.

TAMAKI m Maori
Maori name meaning the Auckland area of New Zealand.

TAMATIA m Maori

TANGIORA f & m Maori

TANIERA m & f Maori
Maori form of DANIEL or DANIELA.

TARIU m Maori
Maori form of THADDEUS.

TAURAU m Maori

TAWERA m & f Maori

TEAROHA f & m Maori
Means "the love" in Maori (te, "the" and aroha, "love"). A variant of AROHA. May also be spelled Te Aroha.

TEMUERA m Maori
Transferred use of the surname Temuera.

TEORI m & f Maori

TĒPENE m Maori
Maori form of STEPHEN.

TERANGIMARIA m & f Maori

TEWAKEPARE f Maori
Unknown

TIAHO f Maori
Means "shining" or "shine" in Maori.

TIARELEI f & m Maori, Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan
Combination of TIARE and LEI (1).

TIAREMOANA f & m Maori, Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan
Combination of TIARE and MOANA.

TIATEATA f Indonesian, Maori, Polynesian

TĪWATA f Maori
Means "pale" in Maori.

TOA m Maori
Means "warrior" in Maori.

TOROA f & m Maori
Derived from Maori toroa "albatross", ultimately from Maori toro "to stretch; to extend".

TUARI m & f Maori

TUI f & m Maori
Tui is the Maori name for the bird (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), which are easily identified for their small tuft of white feathers at the neck.... [more]

TURIARANGI m Maori

TUROA m Maori, History

WAATA m Maori
Variant of WĀTA.

WAITARA f Maori
Derived from the Maori waitara, possibly meaning "mountain stream" or "pure water".

WĀTA m Maori
Maori form of WALTER.

WATOREA f & m Indigenous Australian, Maori
Derived from Maori wātō rea meaning "sunset". This name was used for a tropical cyclone in 1976 near Australia.

WHETU f & m Maori
Variant of WHETŪ.

WIKITŌRIA f Maori
Maori form of VICTORIA.

WINIKA f Maori
Winika means “Christmas orchids”. Beautiful for a Christmas baby.