Polynesian Submitted Names

These names are used on the various Polynesian islands of the Pacific.

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

Vaiarii m & f Tahitian
From the Tahitian vai meaning "water" and ari'i meaning "high chief, king", idiomatically meaning "royal water".

Vaiata f Tahitian
Means "rain" (literally "water of the clouds"), from Tahitian vai meaning "water" and ata meaning "cloud".

Vaiatea f & m Tahitian
Means "distant waters" from Tahitian vai meaning "water" and atea meaning "distant, far away".

Vaihau m & f Tahitian
Means "calm water" in Tahitian.

Vaimitiarii f Tahitian
From the Tahitian vai meaning "water", miti meaning "sea", and ari'i meaning "noble", ultimately "noble sea water".

Vaina f Samoan (Rare), Papuan (Rare), Indian (Rare)

Vaipoe f Tahitian
Derived from the Tahitian word vai meaning "water" and poe meaning "pearl".

Vairea f Tahitian
Means "sparkling water" in Tahitian.

Vaite f Tahitian
Derived from Tahitian vāite meaning "soul, spirit".

Vaitea m Tahitian
Means "clear water"; a combination of Tahitian vai meaning "water" and tea meaning "white, clear".

Vaiura m & f Tahitian
Derived from the Tahitian vai meaning "water" and archaic 'ura meaning "red".

Vakangoto f Polynesian
Means "sunken canoe" in Anutan.

Vanimonimo m & f Samoan
Means "expanse of sky, firmament" in Samoan.

Vasa m & f Samoan
Means "(open) ocean, sea" in Samoan.

Vasaloloa f Samoan
Means "ocean; ocean water" in Samoan.

Vetea m Tahitian
Means "to be open" in Tahitian.

Vikolia f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Victoria.

Viliamu m Samoan
Samoan form of William

Waata m Maori
Variant of Wāta.

Wahineʻaeʻa f Hawaiian
From the Hawaiian word wahine meaning "woman" and 'ae'a meaning "wandering".

Wai f & m Polynesian, Hawaiian
From the proto-Polynesian root *waiʀ meaning "water" in most Polynesian languages.

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.

Wailana f Hawaiian
flowing sky

Wailani f Hawaiian
Means "heavenly water" from Hawaiian wai "water" and lani "heaven, sky".

Wailele f Hawaiian
Means "waterfall" in Hawaiian.

Waiola f Hawaiian
Derived from Hawaiian wai "(fresh) water" and ola "life". It is sometimes Anglicized as Viola.

Waiolani m Hawaiian
Means "heavenly water" in Hawaiian.

Waipuna m Hawaiian
Meaning "spring water", from the Hawaiian elements wai "water" and puna "spring (of water)".

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

Wakina m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Joaquin.

Walenekina f Hawaiian
Hawaiian translation of Valentina.

Wales m English (American), Samoan
From a place name in the United Kingdom. Derives from the Old English Wælisc, meaning 'foreigner, Welshman'.

Walonika f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Veronica.

Wanika f Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Juanita.

Wasa f Polynesian
From Proto-Polynesian *wasa, meaning "sea".

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.

Wiliama m Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of William.

Wilikinia f Hawaiian (Rare)
Hawaiian form of Virginia.

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

Wirara f Polynesian
Means "rainbow" in Gilbertese.

Wirihita f Maori

Zsalei f Polynesian
Tahitian

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