This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is Maori.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Ahi m & f MaoriFrom
ahi meaning "fire" in Māori.
Aho m & f MaoriMeans "line" in Māori. Also means "to shine light" in Māori.
Ahorā f & m MaoriMeans "light over there" in Māori. From aho "light" and -rā "there".
Amokura m & f Maori (Rare)Maori word for the red-tailed tropicbird, whose feathers were highly prized in traditional Maori society.
Aotea f MaoriMeans "white cloud" in Māori. Aotearoa is the Māori name of New Zealand
Arahia f MaoriPathfinder, feminine word for chief, leader, one who leads the way
Aria f MaoriĀria means "tidal pool" in Māori. Ariā means "idea, concept" in Māori.
Awhimai f MaoriFrom the Maori phrase
awhi mai meaning "embrace me", itself taken from the proverb
awhi mai, awhi atu meaning "embrace me, and I will embrace you".
Harete f MaoriMeaning as of yet unknown. A notable bearer of this name is the Maori politician Harete Hipango (born c. 1964) from New Zealand.
Hinemoa f MaoriFrom the Maori
hine meaning "girl, daughter" and
moa, the Maori name of an extinct species of bird.
Hinewai f Maori (Rare)Combining "
Hine" meaning "girl" or "maiden", and "
wai" meaning water. Thus, Hinewai translates to "maiden of the water" or "water maiden".
Hira f MaoriMeans "great, important" or "abundant" in Maori.
Hiwa f MaoriShort for Hiwa-i-te-rangi, one of the stars in Te Kāhui o Matariki. Hiwa means "active" in Māori.
Huia f MaoriFrom the name of a now-extinct sacred bird in Maori culture. Huia feathers were traditionally worn by people of high status.
Huriata f & m MaoriMaori name meaning "Turn Morning" "Dawn" Or "Daylight". Huri means to 'turn' or 'change' and Ata means 'Morning'.
Ihimaera f MaoriThis name in English even though possibly female before European contact means Ishmael. This is the name of Owenga and Otonga Moriori Ihimaera Rehe (d. 1903) who was a daughter of Owenga-Otonga chief and mother of the last full blooded Moriori Tommy Solomon.
Iriaka f MaoriMeaning as of yet unknown. A notable bearer of this name is the Maori politician Iriaka Rātana (1905-1981) from New Zealand.
Irirangi f & m MaoriMeans "spirit voice, radio wave" in Māori. Also a type of fern native to New Zealand.
Kaea m & f MaoriMeans "leader of dance/song" in Māori.
Kaewa f MaoriMeans "wanderer, traveller" in Maori.
Kāhia f & m MaoriKāhia is another word for the
kōruru, a gable mask of a meeting house.
Kāhu m & f MaoriMeans "harrier hawk" in Māori.
Kahuawe f & m MaoriA type of cloak made from white feathers.
Kahukura m & f MaoriMeans "red ocre cape" Māori. Personification of the rainbow in Māori myth along with Haere and Ōuenuku.
Kaiawa f MaoriA variation of
Kārearea meaning "falcon" in Māori. Often shortened to Kaia meaning "to steal" in Māori.
Kaihau m & f MaoriVariant of Te Kaihau meaning "cloud eater" in Māori.
Kara f MaoriVariant of Kare meaning "friend" in Maori.
Karamea f MaoriMeans "red ochre" in Maori. Also a loan word from English, meaning "caramel".
Kawariki m & f MaoriMeans "bitter plant". Maori name for the
Coprosma grandifolia, a shrub native to New Zealand.
Kiti f MaoriThis name is a translation of the European name Kitty. This was the name of a Moriori and Ngāti Māmoe Maori woman named Kiti Karaka Rīwai (1870-1927) who was a founding mother who is the ancestor of Moriori Preece family (one of the surviving groups of Moriori today).
Maehe f MaoriDerived from Maori
Māehe "(the month of) March".
Mahine f MaoriMeans "clean girl" or "white girl" in Maori.
Maia f MaoriMeans "courage, bravery" in Maori.
Mairangi f MaoriEtymology uncertain, possibly from the Maori
mai meaning "for ages, for a long time" and
rangi meaning "day" or "sky, heaven".
Makuku f MaoriMeans "pleasantness, friendliness" in Maori.
Matariki f MaoriMaori feminine name meaning "small eyes", the name of the Pleiades.
Matewa f & m MaoriFrom mate meaning "want, to be overcome" and wā meaning "duration" in Māori. Also transliteration of personal name Mathers.... [
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Matuku m & f MaoriMeans "white heron" in Māori. Also Kōtuku.
Meremere m & f MaoriThis name means "Venus as an evening star" and "star". This was the name of the Ngati Tama Chief of Kaingaroa, Meremere (d. 1860) who protected Moriori under him from other Maori chiefs during the Moriori genocide... [
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Metiria f MaoriMeaning as of yet unknown. A notable bearer of this name is the Maori politician Metiria Turei (b. 1970) from New Zealand.
Nanaia f MaoriMeaning as of yet unknown. A notable bearer of this name is the Maori politician Nanaia Mahuta (b. 1970) from New Zealand.
Ngāwai f MaoriMeans "the waters" in Māori. Also short for names containing
ngā wai such as Ngā-wai-hono-i-te-pō meaning "the waters joining in the night". Ngā-wai-hono-i-te-pō Paki is the current and second Māori Queen.
Pania f Maori, Polynesian MythologyMeans "water" in Māori. Pania, often styled 'Pania of the Reef', was the Māori goddess of water, and is a symbol of the New Zealand city of Napier. A known bearer is Pania Rose (1984-), an Australian model of partial Māori descent.
Rupe f MaoriFrom the Maori personification of the New Zealand pigeon or kererū.
Taia f MaoriMeans "to paint, to tattoo" in Māori.
Taini f Maori (Rare)This is the name of Taini Morrison who was a Maori arts performer in New Zealand.
Tamairangi f MaoriMeaning as of yet unknown. This was the name of a 19th-century Maori tribal leader and poet.
Tapu f MaoriMeans "sacred" and "forbidden" in Māori.
Tara f & m MaoriMeans "peak, point" in Māori. Also Māori for "sternidae".
Tariana f MaoriPossibly derived from Maori
tāriana meaning "stallion".... [
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Te Ao m & f MaoriMeans "the world, the day, the cloud" in Māori.
Te Arani f MaoriPossibly from
te ārani meaning "the orange" (referring to the fruit, not the colour).
Te Aroha f & m MaoriMeans "the love" in Maori (
te, "the" and
aroha, "love"). A variant of
Aroha.
Teina m & f Maorimeans "brother" in Maori language.
Te Kāhu m & f MaoriMeans "harrier hawk" in Māori. Transliteration of "hawk".
Tipi f & m MaoriIt means “affect by incantations” and “pare, slice, pare off”. This is the name of a female cousin of Senior Ngati Mutunga Chief Patukawenga who was married to a Waikato chief of Ngatikoroki named Taui... [
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Toroa f & m MaoriDerived from Maori
toroa "albatross", ultimately from Maori
toro "to stretch; to extend".
Tui f & m MaoriTui is the Maori name for the bird (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), which are easily identified for their small tuft of white feathers at the neck.... [
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Waiaria f MaoriFrom
wai meaning "water" and
āria meaning "tidal pool".
Waiata f & m MaoriMeans "song" in Maori. Combined with
Aroha it means "song of love, love song" Waiata-aroha.
Waitara f MaoriDerived from the Maori
waitara, possibly meaning "mountain stream" or "pure water".
Winika f MaoriFrom the Maori name of Christmas orchids (
Dendrobium cunninghamii), a type of orchid that is endemic to the New Zealand. This name could also be written as
Te Winika, which means "the Christmas orchid".