Behind the Name: ThatOneAuthorGirl's Personal Name List

Wiremu

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Maori

Maori form of William.

Tipene

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Maori

Maori form of Stephen.

Tiaho

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Maori

Pronounced: Tea-a-hor

Means "shining" or "shine" in Maori.

Tariu

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Maori

Maori form of Thaddeus.

Tāne

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Maori, Polynesian Mythology

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 earth goddess Papa, who were locked in an embrace and finally separated by their son. He created the tui bird and, by some accounts, man.

Tama

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Maori

Means "son, boy" in Maori.

Roimata

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Maori

Means "teardrop" in Maori.

Riria

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Maori

Pronounced: Ree-Ree-ah

Maori form of Lydia.

Ripeka

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Maori

Pronounced: Ri peck car

Maori form of Rebecca. It coincides with a Maori verb meaning "to crucify".

Rawiri

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Maori

Pronounced: Ra-WEER-ee

Maori form of David.

Rangi

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Maori, Polynesian Mythology

Means "sky" in Maori. In Maori and other Polynesian mythology Rangi or Ranginui was a god of the sky, husband of the earth goddess Papa. They were locked in a crushing embrace but were eventually separated by their children, the other gods.

Raiha

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Maori

Pronounced: Rye Har

Pirihira

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Maori

Maori form of Priscilla.

Petera

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Maori

Maori form of Peter.

Patariki

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Maori

Maori form of Patrick.

Moana

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Maori, Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan, Tongan

Pronounced: mo-A-na(Hawaiian)

Means "ocean, wide expanse of water, deep sea" in Maori, Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages.

Miriama

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Maori, Fijian (Rare)

Maori and Fijian form of Mary.

Miko

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Japanese

Pronounced: MEE-KO

Personal remark: Prism

Japanese for "beautiful child" derived from ü (mi) "beautiful" and Žq (ko)"child". It can also mean "shrine maiden", or "annoying".

Mikaere

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Maori

Maori form of Michael.

Mereana

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Maori

Maori form of Mary Ann.

Mere

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Maori, Fijian

Maori and Fijian form of Mary.

Matiu

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Picard, Gascon

Picard and Gascon form of Matthew.

Manu

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Maori, Hawaiian (Rare, Archaic)

Pronounced: MAH-noo(Hawaiian)

Hawaiian unisex name meaning "bird", from the word manu. Popular for singers.
(Often accompanied by other words such as Manu Mele meaning Songbird or Manu Aloha meaning Lovebird)
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Manu means "bird" in Maori.

Manaia

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Maori

From the name of a stylized design common in Maori carvings. It represents a mythological creature with the head of a bird and the body of a human.

Ma'ata

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hawaiian, Maori

Pronounced: mah-ah-tah(Hawaiian)

Variant of Maata.

Laini

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Rare), Samoan (Rare)

As an English name, it is a variant of Lainie.

Koia

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Maori, Papuan

Pronounced: koi-YA(Maori)

Kiri

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Maori

Personal remark: SI maybe

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-).

Kahurangi

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Maori

From the name of a type of green gemstone found in New Zealand, meaning "sky blue" in Maori.

Itu

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Maori

Pronounced: i-too, ie-too

Personal remark: SI

Iolana

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Hawaiian

Means "to soar" in Hawaiian.

Inia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)

Variant of Inie.

Haimona

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Maori

Maori form of Simon 1.

Emere

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Maori

Pronounced: eh-MEH-reh

Maori form of Emily.

Atea

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Polynesian Mythology

Atea is a deity in several Polynesian cultures.

Aroha

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Maori

Means "love" in Maori.

Anewa

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Maori

Means "to fall" in Maori.

Anaru

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Maori

Maori form of Andrew.

Anahera

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Maori

Means "angel" in Maori.

Amiria

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Maori

Maori form of Amelia.

Ahanu

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Algonquin

Means "he laughs" in Algonquin.