Tahitian Submitted Names

Tahitian names are used in French Polynesia (part of which is the island of Tahiti).

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Aata m & f Tahitian
Means "happy moonchild" in Tahitian.

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".

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.

Aitoarii m Tahitian
From the Tahitian aito meaning "warrior" and ari'i meaning "noble".

Aitonui m Tahitian
From the Tahitian aito meaning "warrior" and nui, an archaic term meaning "big".

Anavai f Polynesian, Tahitian
Polynesian name, meaning "water in cave".

Anoarii m Polynesian, Tahitian
Name of Tahitian origin, composed by "ano", meaning "essence", "spirit" and "Arii", meaning "king", "chief".

Ari m & f Maori, Tahitian, Cook Islands Maori
Means "visible" and "the eleventh night of the lunar month" in Māori. Short form of Ariki and Ari'i meaning "chief" in Māori and Tahitian.

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

Ariihere m Tahitian
From the Tahitian ari'i meaning "noble" and here meaning "beloved, favourite".

Ariinui m Tahitian
From the Tahitian ari'i meaning "noble" and nui, an archaic term meaning "big".

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".

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

Auraa f Polynesian, Tahitian
Polynesian origin name, meaning "flowing".

Erita f Tahitian
Means "royal coconut" in Tahitian.

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).

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

Farahinano f Tahitian
From the Tahitian fara meaning "panadus" and hinano meaning "panadus blossom".

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

Hanitea f Polynesian, Tahitian
Name of Polynesian origin, composed by "hani", meaning "sweet" and "tea", meaning "white" or "bright".

Hanivai f Tahitian
Tahitian name, composed by "hani", meaning "adorning" or "sweetness", in hawaiian also meand "caress", while "vai" means "water". Hence the meaning can be interpreted as "sweet water" or "caress of water".

Hanorai m & f Polynesian, Tahitian
Name of Polynesian origin, composed by "hano", meaning "going" and "rai", meaning "sky". Hence the meaning is "going to the sky".

Haumanava m & f Tahitian
Combination of Tahitian hau meaning "peace" and manava meaning "welcome".

Haunui m Tahitian
Means "great peace" from Tahitian hau meaning "peace, concord" and nui meaning "great, big".

Haurea f Polynesian, Tahitian
Name of Polynesian and Tahitian origin, meaning "bright peace".

Haureva f Polynesian, Tahitian
Polynesian origin name, composed by "hau", meaning "breath" or "breeze" (and also "peace") and "reva", that means "flying", "floating". Hence the meaning is interpreted as "floating breeze", "blowing breeze".

Hawaiki f Tahitian
Derived from Proto-Polynesian Sawaiki meaning "Ra'iātea", referring to the island of which the Polynesian peoples originated from. Today, Ra'iātea is the second largest island in French Polynesia.

Hedesa f Tahitian
Tahitian form of Hadassah.

Heepuenui f Tahitian
Means "to lie in a cloudless sky"; from Tahitian heepuenui.

Heiana f Tahitian
From the Tahitian hei meaning "wreath, garland of flowers" and ana meaning "he, she, it", or "belonging to him/her". Another commonly suggesting etymology is anaana meaning "bright, shining".

Heiani f Tahitian
Possibly from Tahitian hei meaning "wreath, garland of flowers" and ani meaning "request".

Heiarii m & f Tahitian
Means "crown king, royal crown" in Tahitian; derived from ari'i meaning "king".

Heiata m & f Tahitian
Means "cloud crown" in Tahitian; a combination of ata "cloud" and hei "crown".

Heifara m Tahitian

Heilani f Tahitian
From Tahitian hei meaning "crown" and Hawaiian lani meaning "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".

Heimana f & m Tahitian
From Polynesian meaning "powerful crown moving the sky".

Heimanu f & m Tahitian
Means "bird crown" or "crown of the bird"; a combination of hei "crown" and manu "bird".

Heimoana m Tahitian
Means "crown of the ocean"; a combination of hei "crown" and moana "ocean".

Heinere m Tahitian
Tahitian form of Henri (see Henry).

Heinoa f Tahitian, Polynesian
Name of Tahitian origin, composed by "hei", meaning "garland" and "noa", meaning "free. Hence the meaning can be interpreted as "garland of freedom".

Heirava f Tahitian
Tahitian name, meaning "precious garland" or "sparkly garland".

Heiroa f & m Tahitian
Tahitian name, meaning "noble crown".

Hei'ura f Tahitian
From Tahitian hei meaning "wreath, garland of flowers" and 'ura an archaic term meaning "red".

Heiura f Tahitian
Means either "crown of feathers" or "crown of fire" depending on the pronunciation.

Hereani f Tahitian
Tahitian name, composed by "here", meaning "love" and "ani", meaning "request" or "desire", so the meaning is "desire of love" or "request of love".

Herehau m & f Tahitian
Means "love of peace" in Tahitian; a combination of here "love" and hau "peace".

Hereiti f Tahitian
Tahitian name, meaning "little love" or "sweet love".

Heremana m Tahitian
Means "power of love" in Tahitian.

Heremanu m Tahitian
Means "bird of love"; a combination of here "love" and manu "bird".

Hina f & m Hawaiian (Rare), Tahitian
Meaning "grey, prostrate."

Hīnano m & f Hawaiian (Rare), Tahitian
This name means either "(male) pandanus flower" or "(male) pandanus blossom."

Hinatea f Tahitian
Means "great white granddaughter admired by goddesses" in Tahitian.

Hiro m Polynesian Mythology, Tahitian
Meaning unknown. Hiro was a demigod in Polynesian mythology.

Hoanui f & m Tahitian
Tahitian name meaning "great friend".

Honu m Hawaiian, Maori, Tahitian
Means "turtle" in Hawaiian, Tahitian and Maori.

Kaoriki m Tahitian
Of Marquesan origin.

Kautea f Polynesian, Tahitian
Polynesian and Tahitian name, from the word for flower Hibiscus.

Loania f Polynesian, Tahitian
Used in Polynesia, probably derived from the French/Breton name Loana, which is the feminine form of Louan, meaning "light".

Maevarau m Tahitian
Means "welcome wishes" in Tahitian.

Mahana f Tahitian, Hawaiian
Means "sun" in Tahitian and "warmth, heat" in Hawaiian.

Mahana f & m Maori, Hawaiian, Tahitian
Means "warmth, heat" in Māori and Hawaiian, and "sun" in Tahitian.

Mahine f Tahitian
Means "daughter" in Tahitian.

Maimiti f Tahitian
Means "surfer" or "coming from the sea" in Tahitian; a combination of may meaning "to come" and miti "sea".

Mana'arii m Tahitian
Means "royal power" in Tahitian; a combination of mana "power" and ari'i "king".

Manahau m Tahitian
Combination of Tahitian mana "power" and hau "inside".

Manatea m Tahitian
Combination of Tahitian mana "power" and tea "white".

Manatini m Tahitian
Combination of Tahitian mana "power" and tini "numerous, multiple".

Manava f Tahitian
Tahitian name, meaning "breath" or "soul".

Manavai f Tahitian
Means "sacred source" or "sacred spring"; a combination of Tahitian mana "sacred" and vai "water, spring".

Manua m & f Tahitian

Manuarii m Tahitian
Combination of Tahitian manu "bird" and ari'i "king, chief, prince". A known bearer is Manuarii Hauata (1994-), a footballer from French Polynesia.

Manuia f Tahitian
Means "health" in Tahitian.

Manutea m Tahitian
Means "white bird"; a combination of Tahitian manu "bird" and tea "white".

Marama m Tahitian
Means "bright, clear" in Tahitian.

Mareto m Tahitian
Tahitian form of Marc (see Mark).

Mareva f Tahitian
Literally means "the one that passes quickly without turning", metaphorically meaning "shooting star".

Maui m & f Maori, Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan, Fijian, Polynesian Mythology
Variant of Māui.

Merahi m & f Tahitian
Means "angel" in Tahitian.

Metua f & m Cook Islands Maori, Tahitian
Means "parent."

Miti f Tahitian
Means "sea" in Tahitian.

Moanaiti m Tahitian
Means "small ocean"; a combination of Tahitian moana meaning "ocean" and the suffix -iti implying a small size.

Moanatini m Tahitian
Means "many oceans"; a combination of Tahitian moana "ocean" and tini "many, multiple".

Moanaura m Tahitian
From the Tahitian moana meaning "ocean" and the archaic 'ura meaning "red".

Moea f Tahitian
Means "sleeping woman" from Tahitian moe meaning "sleep".

Moeata f Tahitian
Means "sleeping cloud" in Tahitian.

Moehau m & f Tahitian
Means "peaceful slumber" from Tahitian moe "sleep" and hau "peace, concord".

Moemoeā f Tahitian
Means "dream" in Tahitian.

Moerava f Polynesian, Tahitian
Name of Polynesian origin, meaning "precious rest", or "precious dream" or also "bright dream".

Moevai f Polynesian, Tahitian
Name of Polynesian origin, composed by "moe", meaning "dream" and "vai", meaning "water". Hence the meaning can be interpreted as "dreaming the water".

Moorea f Tahitian
From the Tahitian Mo'ore'a meaning "yellow lizard". This was the name of Luisa Casati’s only grandchild, Moorea Hastings. Derived from the name of an island in French Polynesia.

Naehu m & f Tahitian
Contracted form of Tahitian nā ehu fānau maeha'a tapu nui meaning "consecrated blonde newborn twins".

Nahei f Tahitian
Means "twin crowns"; a combination of Tahitian na denoting duplicates or twins and hei meaning "crown".

Nanihi f Tahitian
The Complete Woman

Natéo m Tahitian

Nauri f Tahitian
Means "the two young coconut shoots", referring to the southern archipelagos south of French Polynesia.

Noarii m Polynesian, Tahitian
Polynesian name, meaning "free".

Nohoarii m Tahitian
Means "king's house" or "place of the king", from Tahitian ari'i meaning "king" and noho meaning "house, home, place".

Nuihau m Tahitian
From Tahitian nui "great" and hau "peace, reign". A known bearer is Nuihau Laurey (1964-), the vice-president of French Polynesia.

Orama f Tahitian
Means "flame" in Tahitian.

Oriata f & m Tahitian
Meaning, "cloud dance."

Orihei f Tahitian
From the Tahitian ori meaning "a dance" and hei meaning "wreath, garland of flowers".

Orirau m Tahitian
From the Tahitian rau meaning "a hundred" or "many" and ori meaning "a dance".

Oro m Tahitian
Etymology uncertain, Oro is the name of a war god who is the national god of Tahiti.

Palila f & m Hawaiian, Polynesian, Tahitian
Name of a bird.... [more]

Petero m Tahitian, Hawaiian (Archaic), Biblical Hawaiian
Tahitian and Old Hawaiian form of Peter. It appears in the Bible in Hawaiian.

Poe f Tahitian
Means "pearl" in Tahitian, of Polynesian origin.

Poehere f Tahitian
Means "pearl of love"; a combination of Tahitian poe "pearl" and here "love".

Poeiti f Tahitian
little pearl

Poeiva f Tahitian
Means "brilliant pearl"; a combination of poe "pearl" and iva, a diminutive of iva iva meaning "brilliant".

Poema f & m Tahitian
Means "pearl of the deep seas"; a combination of Tahitian poe "pearl" and mā "clean, pure, clear".

Poenui f Polynesian, Tahitian
Polynesian name, meaning "big pearl".

Poerani f Tahitian
Means "heavenly pearl" or "divine pearl"; a combination of Tahitian poe meaning "pearl" and rani, which is derived from Tuamotuan rangi meaning "heaven".

Poerava f Tahitian
Means "black pearl"; a combination of Tahitian poe meaning "pearl" and rava meaning "black".

Pōmare m & f Maori, Tahitian
Ortographically correct form of Pomare in Tahitian.

Puaiti f Tahitian
Means "small flower" in Tahitian.

Purau m & f Tahitian
Means "hibiscus tiliaceus" (a type of tropical and coastal flower).

Rahiti f Tahitian
Means "sunrise" in Tahitian.

Raiana f Tahitian
From the Tahitian ra'i meaning "sky" and ana meaning "star", or ana meaning "he, she, it" or "belonging to him/her".

Raiariinui m Tahitian
From the Tahitian ra'i meaning "sky", ari'i meaning "noble" and nui, an archaic term meaning "big".

Raihau m Tahitian
Means "heaven of peace"; a combination of Tahitian ra'i meaning "heaven" and hau meaning "peace".

Raimana m Tahitian
From the Tahitian ra'i meaning "sky" and mana meaning "power".

Rarahu f Literature, Tahitian
French variant of Rarau used by Pierre Loti in his popular autobiographical novel 'Le mariage de Loti' (1880), where it belongs to a native Tahitian woman who is the lover of the narrator - a French naval officer stationed on the island.

Rari f Tahitian (Rare)

Rauana f Tahitian
From the Tahitian rau meaning "a hundred" or "many" and possibly ana meaning "star".

Raurii f Tahitian
Means "small leaf" in Tahitian.

Ravahere f Tahitian
Means "brown love" from Tahitian rava meaning "brown" and here meaning "love".

Ravanui f Tahitian
Means "great brown (brunette)"; from Tahitian rava meaning "brown, dark, black" and nui meaning "great, immense".

Reva f & m Tahitian
Meaning, "firmament."

Revaiti m & f Tahitian
Means "little flag" in Tahitian.

Revanui m Tahitian
Means "big flag" in Tahitian.

Ruataata m Tahitian
Means "two people"; a combination of Tahitian rua "two" and ta'ata "human".

Taianui m Tahitian
Means "great respect", a combination of Tahitian taia "to respect, to fear" and nui "great, immense".

Taitearii m Tahitian
Means "king of the sea", a combination of Tahitian tai meaning "sea" and te ari'i meaning "the king".

Tamahere m Tahitian
Means "beloved child", from Tahitian tamariʻi meaning "child" and here "love".

Tapairu f Tahitian
Means "royal dancer" or "royal attendant" in Tahitian.

Tapuarii m Tahitian
Derived from tapu meaning "sacred" and ari'i meaning "king".

Tapunui m Tahitian
Combination of Tahitian tapu "forbidden" and nui "earth".

Taraina f Tahitian
Tahitian name, composed by "tara", meaning "star" or "light" and "aina", meaning "earth". Hence the meaning is "star on earth" or "light on earth".

Taurea f Tahitian, Polynesian
Tahitian name, meaning "bond".

Teanuanua m Tahitian
Means "the rainbow" in Tahitian.

Teareva f Polynesian, Tahitian
Tahitian name, composed by "tea", meaning "white", "clear" and "reva", meaning "wind".

Tearoa f Polynesian, Tahitian
Polynesian and Tahitian name, meaning "great and white" or "great light".

Teata m & f Tahitian
Means "the cloud" in Tahitian.

Teave f Tahitian, Polynesian
Name of Polynesian and Tahitian origin, meaning "white", "clear" or "light".

Tehani f Tahitian, Hawaiian, Literature
Derived from Tahitian te meaning "the" and hani meaning "darling". This was used for a character in the novel Mutiny on the Bounty (1932) by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall... [more]

Tehea f Tahitian
Feminine of the unisex name, Tehei, meaning 'crown'.

Teheiura m & f Tahitian
Derived from Tahitian te hei 'ura literally meaning "the red crown".

Teiva m & f Tahitian
Tahitian name, meaning "life force".

Teraura f Tahitian

Terava f Tahitian
From the Tahitian te meaning "the" and rava meaning "dark, brownish".

Teuira m & f Tahitian
From the Tahitian te meaning "the" and uira meaning "lightning".

Teura m & f Tahitian
From the Tahitian te meaning "the" and 'ura, an archaic term meaning "red".

Teva m Tahitian
Means rain, name of a tribe.

Tevahine f Tahitian
From the Tahitian te meaning "the" and vahine meaning "woman".

Tevai m Tahitian
Means "water" in Tahitian.

Tevaiora f Tahitian
Name of Tahitian origin, meaning "water of life".

Tevairai m & f Tahitian
Means "the celestial water" in Tahitian.

Tevarua f Tahitian

Tiaitau m & f Tahitian
Means "long wait" in Tahitian.

Tiarehere f Tahitian
From Tahitian tiare meaning "flower, tiare flower" and here meaning "beloved, favourite".

Tiarenui f Tahitian
From the Tahitian tiare meaning "flower, tiare flower" and nui, an archaic term meaning "big".

Tihoti m Tahitian
Tahitian form of John.

Titaina f Tahitian
Combination of Tahitian taina meaning "Gardenia jasminoides" (a type of flower) and the prefix ti- meaning "small".

Toahere f Tahitian
Combination of Tahitian toa meaning "warrior" and here meaning "love".

Toʻerau m & f Tahitian
Means "north" or "northeastern wind" in Tahitian.

Toromona m Tahitian
Tahitian form of Solomon.

Tuahine f Tahitian
Means "sister" in Tahitian.

Tuki m Tahitian
Means "heartbeat" in Tahitian.

Turia f Tahitian
The name of model Turia Mau.

Uinia m Tahitian

Uinirau m Tahitian
Contracted form of the Tahitian phrase te manu ri'i 'uini rau maruao meaning "small birds chirping at dawn".

Uira m & f Tahitian
Contracted form of the Tahitian phrase 'anapa te uira i te 'iriātai meaning "lighting flashing across the horizon".

Unaanui f Tahitian

Unutea f Tahitian

Ura m & f Tahitian
From Tahitian 'ura meaning "red" or "purple".

Uraatua m & f Tahitian
Derived from ura meaning "red" and atua meaning "god".

Uramoe m & f Tahitian
Derived form ura meaning "red" and moe meaning "sleep, dream".

Uranui m & f Tahitian
Derived from ura meaning "red" and nui meaning "big".

Uravini m Tahitian
Combination of Tahitian 'ura meaning "red" or "purple" and vini meaning "black-fronted parakeet" (a type of bird found on Tahiti).

Vaëa f French (Modern, Rare), Tahitian (Gallicized)
Gallicized form of Vaea.

Vaea m & f Tongan, Samoan, Tahitian, Polynesian Mythology
Meaning unknown, though it likely means "king, prince, noble, chief" based on the fact that the meaning of Mapu 'a Vaea, natural blowholes in Houma on the island of Tongatapu in Tonga, is known to be 'Whistle of the Noble/Chief/King' in Tongan... [more]

Vahinearii f Tahitian
From the Tahitian vahine meaning "woman" and ari'i meaning "noble".

Vahineatua f Tahitian

Vaiana f Tahitian
Means "water cave" or "rock water" in Tahitian, from the phrase vai ana o te mato teitei meaning "water from the cave of the high rock".

Vaianu f Tahitian
Contracted form of the Tahitian phrase vai anu o te rua mato meaning "fresh water from the rock hole".

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".

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".

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

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