Maori Baby Names
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| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
| Huhana | Maori form of Susan. | F | Maori baby names |
| Makareta | Maori form of Margaret. | F | Maori |
| Marama | Light of the world. | F | Maori baby names |
| Mere | Maori form of Mary. | F | Maori |
| Ngaire | Silver fern. | F | Maori |
| Nyree | Maori name made popular by New Zealand actress Nyree Dawn Porter. | F | Maori baby names |
| Amiri | The east wind. | M | Maori |
| Aroha | love | F | Maori |
| Eruera | Maori form of Edward. Happy guardian. | M | Maori baby names |
| Hare | Maori form of Charles. Manly/ full grown. | M | Maori |
| Hemi | Maori form of James. The supplanter. | M | Maori |
| Huatare | The name of a famous chief. | M | Maori baby names |
| Irihapeti | A form of Elizabeth/ meaning consecrated to God. | F | Maori |
| Kura | Polynesian: Red. Maori: Treasure. | F | Maori |
| Maaka | Maori form of Mark. From Marcus/ which relates to Mars/ the God of war. | M | Maori baby names |
| Maata | A lady. | F | Maori |
| Marika | Maori: Quiet and careful. Slavonic: A biblical name meaning bitter. | F | Maori |
| Ngaio | The name of a native New Zealand tree. | F | Maori baby names |
| Ngaire | Flaxen. | F | Maori |
| Omaka | The place where the stream flows. | F | Maori |
| Pania | A mythological sea-maiden. | F | Maori baby names |
| Pita | Maori form of Peter. A stone or rock. | M | Maori |
| Rangi | Heaven or the sky. A boy or girl's name. | M | Maori |
| Rangi | Heaven or the sky. A boy or girl's name. | F | Maori baby names |
| Rawiri | Maori form of David. The beloved/ the adored one. | M | Maori |
| Reka | Sweet. | F | Maori |
| Rere | A waterfall. | F | Maori baby names |
| Rongo | The God of rain and fertility. | M | Maori |
| Tipene | Maori form of Stephen. | M | Maori |
| Rua | lake | M | Maori baby names |
| Ruihi | Maori form of Lucy | F | Maori |
| Tahupotiki | pickled youngest child | F | Maori |
| Tane | Maori God of the Forest | M | Maori baby names |
| Tangaroa | God of the sea | M | Maori |
| Taonga | most treasured possesion or person | M | Maori |
| Te Pura | blind or chief's child | F | Maori baby names |
| Whina | helper | F | Maori |
