2007-10-31 01:44:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
hey, i take it you are wanting maori names, not names like queenie or nyree which are not maori.
emere is the maori version of emily
amiria is muriel
kataraina is catherine
kiri means skin
hine is the maori word for young girl and is a common maori name, sometimes other words are added to extend the description of the person, eg, hine ahu one, young woman made from mother earth.
marama is the moon another common name
aniwaniwa is the maori word for rainbow
kahurangi is both the colour blue and the nz falcon (i think, or its feather)
these web sites
http://www.babynamebox.com/maori-baby-names.html
http://www.babynamenetwork.com/origin.cfm?origin=Maori
has a small list but they dont give the maori names a misinterpretation
i had a quick look at
http://www.babynamesworld.com/
although these are names that are in maori, alot of them do not havr maori origins, eg, it say that arana means rock, arana is the maori equivalent for alan and alan means rock. the maori term for rock is kohatu or pohatu, the web site gives an idea of names but the origins and meanings of the names are not indepth enough
hope i could help, sorry about the rambling on and on, i hope you find a fantastic name for your daughter that will do her justice. congrats!
2007-11-01 16:09:52 · answer #1 · answered by onelazyhori 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maori Word For Girl
2016-12-12 14:23:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
friends of mine are Maori/Samoan and they named their baby 'Anira'. I looked on babynamesworld.com and did an 'advanced search' for 'maori / new zealand girls names' and it brought up quite a list. better to look yourself...heres the link
http://www.babynamesworld.com/
2007-10-31 01:50:56 · answer #3 · answered by Cindy; mum to 3 monkeys! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
airini - which means peace
areta - meaning of noble kind
emere/emiri - meaning rival
and also maia and nyree
my bf is maori, so i plan on using these names too sometime in the future, good luck to u
2007-10-31 04:46:03 · answer #4 · answered by thetis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Airini: meaning peace
Amiria: rival
Kiri ... Maori opera diva from New Zealand.
Maia ... Also (Maori) "brave warrior" ...
Nyree (Maori) ...
2007-10-31 02:06:12 · answer #5 · answered by mason41307 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who cares as long as it sounds good! Maori Lorraine
2007-10-31 09:40:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
How about Justice? Kaiya? Natalee?
2007-10-31 01:48:03 · answer #7 · answered by Patty-Cake 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i just read this in a book - Lalage
2007-11-03 21:42:06 · answer #8 · answered by quia_nazarene 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Queen.
Nina.
Tammy (just kidding on that one...)
2007-10-31 01:51:14 · answer #9 · answered by Alea S 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋