Maori Submitted Names

Maori names are used by the indigenous people of New Zealand, the Maori.

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

Te Koha m & f Maori
Means "the gift; gifted" in Māori.

Te Māia m & f Maori
Means "the brave one" in Māori.

Temuera m Maori
Transferred use of the surname Temuera.

Te Ori m & f Maori

Tēpene m Maori
Maori form of Stephen.

Te Poki m Maori
The possibly meaning of this name is, "to clear the garden." This was the name of a Senior Ngati Mutunga chief.

Te Rangimārie m & f Maori
Means "the peace" in Māori.

Te Wakepare f Maori

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

Tiaki m Maori
Maori form of Jack, coinciding with the Maori word meaning "guard, keep">

Tikanga m & f Maori
Means "important customs" in Māori.

Tinaya f English (New Zealand), Maori

Tineia f Maori
Means "to quench" in Māori.

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

Tio m Maori
Means "freezing cold" in Māori. Also Māori form of Joe

Tipi f & m Maori
It 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... [more]

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".

Tūāraki m & f Maori
Means "northern wind" in Māori.

Tuari m & f Maori

Tuariki m Maori
Apparently means "chief of high standing" in Maori.... [more]

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

Tuterangi m Maori

Waata m Maori
Variant of Wāta.

Waiaria f Maori
From wai meaning "water" and āria meaning "tidal pool".

Waiata f & m Maori
Means "song" in Maori. Combined with Aroha it means "song of love, love song" Waiata-aroha.

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.

Wharekura m Maori
This name means "school of learning". Its also the name of a building where tohunga (priest) taught esoteric lore to students of his. This was the name of a Ngati Tama chief named Te Wharekura of the Ngati Wai Ngati Tama clan who along with his clan killed and cooked 50 Moriori in the mid-1800s at Te Raki in what is now Chatham Islands.

Whetu f & m Maori (Anglicized)
Variant of Whetū.

Wiki f Maori
Means “week” in Maori.

Wikitōria f Maori
Maori form of Victoria.

Winika f Maori
From 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".

Wiramina f Maori

Wirihita f Maori

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