Polynesian Submitted Names

AALONA m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of AARON.

'A'AMAKUALENALENA m Hawaiian (Rare)

ADOVARNYZZAR f Samoan (Rare, ?)

AELAN f Hawaiian
Means "delicate" in Hawaiian.

AFA m Polynesian
Means "hurricane" in Polynesian.

AFITU m Tongan
Means "to scatter fire" in Tongan.

AFU m Polynesian
Means "hot" in Polynesian.

AGELU f Samoan
Means "angel" in Samoan.

AHIO m Tongan
Means "whirlwind, waterspout" in Tongan.

'AHO'EITU m Polynesian
The god EITUMATUPUA climbed down from the sky on a great tree, and took a worm descendant, ILAHEVA, as his wife... [more]

AHOHAKO m Polynesian
Means "storm" in Polynesian.

AHOMANA m Polynesian
Means "thunder" in Polynesian.

AHORANGI f Maori (Modern, Rare)

AHULANI f Hawaiian
Means "sky alter" in Hawaiian, from the elements ahu, meaning "alter" and lani, meaning "sky, heaven".

AHUMERE f Tahitian
Derived from Tahitian ahu meaning "clothes, tapa cloth" and mere meaning "parental grief, grief of a parent".

AHUTIARE f Tahitian
From Tahitian ahu meaning "clothes, fabric, garment" and tiare meaning "flower, blossom".

AHUURA f & m Tahitian
Means "red dress" from the Tahitian phrase ʻahu ʻura ariʻi o te toʻo ao te rā meaning "royal red robe of the sunset".

AIIANA f Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of AIYANA.

AIKA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of IDA, AIDA and AISHA.

AIKELINE f Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of AISLINN / AISLYNN.

AIKENI m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of AIDAN.

'AILANA f Hawaiian
Means "loving" in Hawaiian.... [more]

AILANI f Hawaiian
Means "chief" in Hawaiian.

AILIKA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of IRIS.

AILINA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of AILEEN / EILEEN, IRENE and AINSLEY.

AILINE f Tongan
Tongan form of IRENE.

AILUK f Polynesian
Means "bring together" in Marshallese.

AIMA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of IRMA.

AIMATA m & f Tahitian
Combination of Tahitian ai "in possession of" and mata, derived from the word Matamua meaning "eldest sibling". This name was traditionally given to the firstborn child of a family.

AINAKELE f Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of AINSLEY.

AINALANI f Hawaiian (?)
Means "heavenly land" in Hawaiian, from the elements aina "land", and lani "sky, heaven".

AINANANI f Hawaiian (?)
Means "beautiful land" in Hawaiian, from the elements aina, meaning "land" and nani, meaning "beauty".

AINEKI f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of INES.

AIRINI f Maori

AISAKE m Fijian, Polynesian
Means "he laughs" in Polynesian.

AISI m Tongan, English (Australian)
Means "ice" in Tongan.

AKA f & m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ADA and ARTHUR.

'AKA'AKA m & f Hawaiian
Means "laugh" or "to laugh" in Hawaiian.

AKAHA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of AGATHA.

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

AKAITI f & m Cook Islands Maori
Derived from causative prefix aka- and iti meaning "little, small."

AKAITI m & f Cook Islands Maori
Derived from aka meaning "sin, fault" and iti meaning "little, small."

AKALA f Hawaiian
Probably from Hawaiian ākala meaning "pink".

AKALIANA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ADRIANNA.

AKALIANE f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ADRIANNE.

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

AKANESI f Tongan
Tongan form of AGNES.

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

AKAU m Tongan
Means "tree, plant, timber" in Tongan.

AKE m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ARCHIE.

AKEAKAMAI m Hawaiian (Rare)
Meaning "yearning for wisdom," "philosophy," or "lover (ake) of wisdom (akamai)".

AKELA f & m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ADELE or ASHER.

AKELE f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ADELE.

AKENA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ATHENA.

AKENEKI f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of AGNES.

AKIAH f Polynesian

AKIKONU m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ADDISON.

AKOSITA m Tongan
Tongan form of AUGUST.

ALAKA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ALTA.

ALAKA'I m Hawaiian
Means "leader" in Hawaiian.

ALAKIKA f Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ARDYCE.

ALAMANA m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ARMAND.

ALAMEA f Hawaiian (Rare)
From Hawaiian ʻalamea meaning "precious".

'ALANI f Hawaiian
Meaning 'orange tree' or 'orange fruit.'

ALANIA f Hawaiian (Rare)

ALANOLA m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ARNOLD.

ALAPA'I m Hawaiian
Diminutive of ALAPAʻINUIAKAUAUA, a king of Hawaiʻi island in ancient Hawaii.

ALAPAʻINUIAKAUAUA m Hawaiian
King of Hawai'i island in ancient Hawai'i.

ALAPAKI m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ALBERT.

ALAULA f Hawaiian (Rare), English (Modern, Rare)
Means "light of the early dawn" or "sunset glow" in Hawaiian, literally "flaming road" from Hawaiian ala "path, road" and ula "flame".

ALAWIKA m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ARVID.

ALE m & f Hawaiian
Diminutive of ALEPELEKE, ALEKONA and names containing that sound.

ALEALANI f & m Hawaiian (Rare)
Means "the sweet voice of the heavens", from the Hawaiian 'ale'a, meaning "sweet voiced" and lani, meaning "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".

ALEKA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ALICE.

ALEKA’I m Hawaiian (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Alaka’i.

ALEKANEKELO m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ALEXANDER.

ALEKEA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ALTHEA.

ALEKENA m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ALDEN.

ALEKI m Tongan, Samoan, English (New Zealand)
Samoan form of ALEXANDER or ALEXIS.

ALEKONA f Hawaiian (?), American (Modern, Rare)
Hypothetical Hawaiian form of ALISON.

ALEKONA f & m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ALISON and ALTON.

ALEMA m Samoan
Samoan form of Alma.

ALENA m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ALAN / ALLEN and ARLEN.

ALEPEKA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ALBERTA.

ALEPELEKE m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ALFRED.

ALEPELEKO m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ALFREDO.

ALEWA f & m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ALVA (1) / ALVA (2).

ALEWINA m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ALVIN.

ALEXZADE m & f Polynesian
Alexzade is an Polynesian unisex name used primarily in Fiji and Samoa. It has no specific meaning, but can be inferred as spiritual.

ALIANA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ARIANNA.

ALI'I f & m Hawaiian
Means "chief, royal" in Hawaiian.

ALIIAHA f Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of AALIYAH.

ALIʻIKOA m Hawaiian (Rare)
Means "brave king" or "warrior king," from aliʻi meaning "chief, officer, ruler, monarch, peer, headman, king, commander" and koa meaning "soldier, warrior, fighter."

ALI'ILOA m Hawaiian
Said to mean both "distant chief" and "high chief" in Hawaiian.

ALIIMAU f Samoan

ALIKA m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ALEX.

ALIKIA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ALICIA.

ALINA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ARLENE.

ALIPATE m Tongan
Tongan form of ALBERT.

ALISI f Tongan
Tongan form of ALICE.

ALOFA f & m Samoan
Means "love" in Samoan.

ALOFISULA f Polynesian

ALOHA f & m Hawaiian (Rare), American
Short form of KEALOHA and other Hawaiian names containing aloha meaning "love" or otherwise derived directly from the word.

ʻALOHI f & m Hawaiian
Means "shine, shining" in Hawaiian.

ʻALOHILANI f Hawaiian (Rare)
Means "heavenly brightness" from Hawaiian alohi "shine" and lani "heaven, sky". In Hawaiian myth this was the name of a heavenly land.

ALOLA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of AURORA.

AMANAKA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of AMANDA.

AMANAKI m Tongan
Means "expectation" in Tongan.

AMAPELE f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of AMBER.

AMATAGA m & f Samoan
Means "beginning, start" in Samoan.

AME f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of AMY.

AMILE m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of AMIR (1).

AMIRIA f Maori
Maori form of AMELIA.

AMOE f Hawaiian, Chinese (Cantonese)
Hawaiian form of the Cantonese Amoy (Ah Mooi), meaning "younger sister.'

'AMOSA m Hawaiian, Biblical Hawaiian
Older Hawaiian form of AMOS, aswell it appears in the Bible in Hawaiian.

ANAHIRA f Maori (Rare)
Variant of ANAHERA.

ANAKALIA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Andrea.

ANAKELE m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ANDRE.

ANALEʻA f Hawaiian, History
Meaning uncertain. It was borne by Hawaiian chiefess Analeʻa Keohokālole (1816-1869), the mother of Queen Liliʻuokalani.

ANALU m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ANDREW.

ANAPELA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ANNABELLE.

ANAUKIHESINA m & f Tongan
Means "to love the beautiful" in Tongan.

ANE f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ANNIE.

ANEKA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ANNETTE.

ANEKONA m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ANSON.

ʻĀNELA f Hawaiian
Name from the Hawaiian word ʻānela meaning “angel”. Can also be interpreted as an equivalent of the English given name ANGELA.

ANELIKE f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ANNELIESE.

ANEWA m Maori
Means "to fall" in Maori.

ANGAAETAU m Tongan
Means "the ways of war" in Tongan.

ANGAHIKI m Tongan
Means "pride" in Tongan.

ANI f Hawaiian
Means "beautiful" in Hawaiian.

ANIKA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ANITA (1).

ANITELU m Polynesian
Means "masculine, manly".

ANOUHEA f Hawaiian (Rare)
Variant of ANUHEA.

ĀNUENUE f & m Hawaiian
Means "rainbow" in Hawaiian.

ANUHEA f Hawaiian
Means "cool, soft fragrance," from anu meaning "cool(ness)" and hea meaning "mist".

AOLANI f Hawaiian (Rare)
Derived from Hawaiian ao "cloud" and lani "sky, heaven".

APELEHAMA m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ABRAHAM.

APELILA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of APRIL.

API f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ABBY.

ʻAPIKAʻILA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ABIGAIL.

APIKAIRA f Maori
Maori form of ABIGAIL.

APUTI m Samoan

ĀRAMA m Maori
Maori form of ADAM.

AREPA m Maori

ARIHI f Maori
Means 'of noble sort'

ARIIHAU m Tahitian
Means "peaceful king" or "king of peace" from Tahitian ariʻi meaning "noble, aristocrat, king" combined with hau "concord, peace".

ARIITAIA m Tahitian
Means "respected king" in Tahitian; a combination of ari'i meaning "king" and taia meaning "respect, fear".

ARIITEA m Tahitian
Means "white king"; a combination of Tahitian ari'i "white" and téa "white, light, pale".

ARIKI m & f Maori

ARIO f Samoan
"Platinum"

ARNO m Polynesian
Means "wave" in Marshellese.

AROARII m Tahitian
Means "face king"; a combination of aro "face, forehead, sight" and ari'i "king".

ARTORIAN m Samoan

ASUELU m Polynesian

ATA m Tongan
Means "air" or "shadow" in Tongan.

ATALUA m Tongan
Means "double shadow" in Tongan.

ATAMAHINA m & f Tongan
Means "rising of the moon" in Tongan.

ATAMAI m & f Samoan
Means "smart, intelligent" in Samoan.

ATAMOKAMEA m Tongan
Means "good wind for sailing" in Tongan.

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.

ʻAUKAI m Hawaiian (Rare)
Means "seafarer" in Hawaiian, derived from the elements ʻau "travel" and kai "sea".

AUKELE f Hawaiian (Rare)

AUKELE f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of AUDREY.

AUKINA m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of AUSTIN.

'AULANI f Hawaiian
Means "messenger of a chief" in Hawaiian.

AULANI f Hawaiian
Variant of 'AULANI.

'AULI'I f Hawaiian
Means "dainty, neat" in Hawaiian.

AWA m Hawaiian

AWA f Maori
Means "stream" in Maori.

AWAPUHI f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of GINGER.

BAL f & m Indian, Polynesian
Short form of names with "Bal" as prefix.

BARINA m Micronesian, Nauruan

BETRA f Polynesian
Means "love" in Marshallese.

BUJEN f Polynesian
Means "promise" in Marshallese.

BURAT m Polynesian
from the polynesian island historical mythology. Burat is the almighty phallic symbolic god of fertility

DANI'ELA m Hawaiian, Biblical Hawaiian
Older Hawaiian form of DANIEL, aswell it appears in the Bible in Hawaiian.

DENGIILEI f Polynesian
Means "top of a sail" in Palauan.

DERUMK m Polynesian
Means "thunder" in Palauan.

DIVAVESI m Micronesian, Nauruan
The president of Nauru's name is Baron Divavesi Waqa.

EALA m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of EARL.

EFITAHI m Tongan
Means "carry it to the sea" in Tongan.

'EHUKAI m Hawaiian (Rare)
Means "seaspray" in Hawaiian.

EKEKA f Hawaiian
Variant of EKIKA.

EKEKA m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of EDGAR.

EKEKELA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ESTHER.

EKELA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ETHEL.

EKELE f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ESTELLE.

EKEMONA m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of EDMOND.

EKENA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of EDNA (1).

EKIKA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of EDITH.

EKIWINA f Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of EDWINA.

EKUALO m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of EDUARDO.

ELEKI f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ELSIE.

ELEKONA m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ELTON.

ELELOE m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ELROY.

ELEMA m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ELMER.

ELENEKI m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ERNEST.

ELENEKINA f Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ERNESTINE.

ELENOA f Fijian, Tongan

ELENOLA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ELEANOR.

ELEWIKA m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ELVIS.

ELEWINA m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of ERWIN / ERVIN and ELVIN.

ELIKA m Hawaiian
Elika is the Hawaiian version of the name Eric.

ELIKA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ELIZA.

ELINA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ERIN.

ELIOKA m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ELLIOT.

ELISAPETA f Samoan
Samoan form of ELISABETH.

ELOIKA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ELOISE.

ELONI m Tongan
Tongan form of AARON.

EMANUELU m Samoan
Samoan form of EMMANUEL.

EME f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of AIMEE.

EMELA m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of EMIL.

'EMELE f Tongan (Rare)

EMELE f Fijian, Hawaiian (Rare)

EMELE f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of EMILY.

EMERE f Maori
Maori form of EMILY.

EMOSI m Polynesian
Polynesian form of AMOS.

ENELE m Samoan

ENOKA m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of ENOCH or ENOS.

ERIHAPETI f Maori (Rare)
Maori form of ELIZABETH.

ERITA f Tahitian
Means "royal coconut" in Tahitian.

ERUERA m Maori
Maori form of EDWARD.

ESEKIELU m Samoan
Samoan form of EZEKIEL.

ESETA f Polynesian
Polynesian form of ESTHER.

'ESETERA f Hawaiian, Biblical Hawaiian
Older Hawaiian form of ESTHER, aswell it appears in the Bible in Hawaiian.

ETANA m Maori
Maori form of ETHAN.

ETERA m Maori
Maori form of EZRA.

ETEROA m Tahitian
Means "Rūrutu" (an island in the Austral archipelago) in Tahitian, derived from Eteroa, the former name of the island.

ETETIERA m Tahitian
Tahitian form of EZECHIEL (see EZEKIEL).

EVAIPOMANA m Tongan
Means "walk in thundering night" in Tongan.

ʻEWALANI f Hawaiian
Means "heavenly Eve", from Ewa, the Hawaiian form of EVE, combined with Hawaiian lani "heaven, sky".

EWALINA f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of EVELYN.

EWANELINA f Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of EVANGELINE.

'EZEKI'ELA m Hawaiian, Biblical Hawaiian
Older Hawaiian form of EZEKIEL, aswell it appears in the Bible in Hawaiian.

'EZERA m Hawaiian, Biblical Hawaiian
Older Hawaiian form of EZRA, aswell it appears in the Bible in Hawaiian.

FA'ALUPE f & m Samoan
Means "the way of the pigeon" in Samoan.

FA'ATASI f Samoan
Means "together" or "once" in Samoan.

FAHINA m & f Tongan
Means "white hala fruit" or "white complexion" in Tongan.

FAI m Tongan
Means "perform" or "stingray" in Tongan.

FAINGA m Tongan
Means "contend, wrestle" in Tongan.

FAITUA m Tongan
Means "like a commander" in Tongan.

FAKAHAFUA m Tongan
Means "to give everything, finish everything" in Tongan.

FAKALELEI m Tongan
Means "make peace" in Tongan.

FAKAMULILAKI m Tongan
Means "give the best thing last" in Tongan.

FAKAOLAKIFANGA m Tongan
Means "light on the beach" in Tongan.

FAKAOSIFOLAU m Tongan
Means "to sail for the last time" or "person who continuously voyages" in Tongan.

FAKAPULIA m Tongan
Means "to conceal" in Tongan.

FAKATETE m Tongan
Means "boat race" in Tongan.

FAKATOUMAFI m Tongan
Means "both brave men" in Tongan.

FAKATOUOLA m Tongan
Means "both to live" in Tongan.

FALAKIKA m Tongan
Means "my mat" in Tongan.

FALEAFA m Tongan
Means "a strong house" in Tongan.

FALEOLA m Tongan
Means "a house of success" in Tongan.

FALISAI m Tongan
Means "a handsome house" in Tongan.

FANGU m Tongan
Means "scented oil" in Tongan.

FANGUANI m Tongan
Means "awaken" in Tongan.

FANGUPU m Tongan
Means "always talking" in Tongan.

FARA m Tahitian
Means "screwpine" (also called pandanus; a type of plant and fruit) in Tahitian.

FASAVALU m Samoan

FATAFEHIFANGAAFA m Tongan
Means "landing platform in time of hurricane" in Tongan.

FATAI m Tongan
Means "creeping grass" in Tongan.

FAUHIVA m Tongan
Means "compose songs" in Tongan.

FAUIKI m Tongan
Means "small hau trees" in Tongan.

FAUTAVE m Tongan
Means "tall hau tree" in Tongan.

FEAOKIHALA m Tongan
Means "keeping company on the road" in Tongan.

FEAOMOEMANU m Tongan
Means "accompanied by birds" in Tongan.

FEF m Polynesian

FEHOKOMOELANGI m Tongan
Means "wishing to be next to the sky" in Tongan.

FEILOAKIMUA m Tongan
Means "to meet before" in Tongan.

FEKAU m Tongan
Means "order, message" in Tongan.

FEKEILA m Tongan
Means "spotted octopus" in Tongan.

FEOAMOEATA m Tongan
Means "to accompany the shadow" in Tongan.

FETIA f Polynesian, Tahitian
Means "star" in Tahitian.

FETU f Samoan
Means "star" in Samoan.

FETULIKIMOANA m Tongan
Means "hurrying out to the ocean" in Tongan.

FETULIMOEATA m Tongan
Means "chased by the dawn" in Tongan.

FETUU m & f Tongan
Means "star" in Tongan.

FEVANGA m Tongan
Means "to desire" in Tongan.

FIAFIA f Samoan
Means "happy" in Samoan.

FIEFIA m Tongan
Means "rejoice, gladness" in Tongan.

FIEILOEUA m & f Tongan
Means "twilight light, dawn light" in Tongan.

FIELEA m Tongan
Means "wish to speak" in Tongan.

FILEMU m & f Samoan
Means "quiet, peacefulness" in Samoan.

FILI m Polynesian
Polynesian form of PHIL.

FILIAI m Tongan
Means "choose amongst many things" in Tongan.

FILILAVA m Tongan
Means "get his choice" in Tongan.

FIVA f Samoan (Archaic)

FUIFUI m Polynesian
Tongan meaning "love love", to indicate "greatly loved". A famous namesake is Tongan-born international rugby league footballer Fuifui Moimoi.

HA'AHEO f & m Hawaiian
Means "cherished with pride" in Hawaiian.

HAIKELA f Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of HAZEL.

HAILA f Hawaiian

HAILAMA m Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of HIRAM.

HAIMONA m Maori
Maori form of Simon.

HAKARAIA m Maori
Maori form of ZECHARIAH.

HAKOPA m Maori
Maori form of JACOB.

HALAKI f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of CHARLOTTE.