Has the meaning "angel" in the Maori language.
Has the meaning "chief" in the Maori language.
Has the meaning "love" in the Maori language.
Has the meaning "morning, dawn" in both Samoan and Maori languages.
Has the meaning "beautiful" in the Maori language.
In the Maori language, it means "morning sky", derived from ata, which means "morning", and rangi, meaning "sky".
Has the meaning "kindness" in the Maori language.
Has the meaning "aid, assistance" in the Maori language.
Maori form of John. A well-known bearer was the Maori poet Hone Tuwhare (1922-2008).
From the name of an extinct bird (species Heteralocha acutirostris), once prized by the Maori for its feathers.
From the name of a type of green gemstone found in New Zealand, meaning "sky blue" in Maori.
Means "warrior" in Maori.
From the name of a type of tree found in New Zealand (species Agathis australis).
Means "skin of a tree or fruit" in Maori. This name has been brought to public attention by New Zealand opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa (1944-).
Means "virgin, unmarried" in Maori, from kiri "skin" and tapu "sacred".
Means "dark" in Maori. In Maori mythology this is the guardian of the ocean, with the Pacific Ocean sometimes called Te Moana nui a Kiwa "the ocean...
Has the meaning "moon, month" in both Hawaiian and Maori languages.
Signifies "brave, capable" in Maori.
Has the meaning "care, support" in the Maori language.
From the name of a stylized design found in Maori carvings. It represents a mythological creature with the head of a bird and the body of a human.
Signifies "bird" in several Polynesian languages.
Signifies "moon, month" in Maori. In Maori mythology, this is the name of a moon god (or goddess).
The Maori and Fijian variant of Mary.
The Fijian and Maori variant of Miriam, as well as a Slovak variation.
Signifies "ocean, wide expanse of water, deep sea" in Maori, Hawaiian, and other Polynesian languages.
Signifies "the huia birds" in Maori, from ngā "the (plural)" and huia, a now-extinct bird species.
A Maori name from the name of a type of tree, also called the mousehole tree. New Zealand crime writer Dame Ngaio Marsh (1895-1982) bore this name.
Possibly from the New Zealand town of Ngaere, of Maori origin meaning "wetland".
From a type of palm tree native to New Zealand (species Rhopalostylis sapida).
The Maori variant of Paul.
The Maori variant of Peter.
Signifies "sky" in Maori. In Maori and other Polynesian mythology, Rangi or Ranginui was the sky god and husband of the earth goddess Papa. They were...
Signifies "peaceful, calm" in Maori.
Signifies "teardrop" in Maori.
Means "son, boy" in Maori.
Means "man" in Maori. In Maori and other Polynesian mythology Tāne was the god of forests and light. He was the son of the sky god Rangi and the...
Variant of Te Ariki, also used on the Cook Islands.
Means "the chief" in Maori, from te "the" and ariki "chief".
Means "the sky" in Maori, from te "the" and rangi "sky".
Means "warrior" in Maori.
From Maori tūī, the name of a type of bird native to New Zealand (species Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae).