If you are looking for Maori male names with meanings in alphabet order, then we picked ( 85 ) Maori boy names with meanings for you.
Choosing a name for your child is one of the most important decisions you will make as a parent.
There are many factors to be considered when you choose a name for your baby like the history of the name, the popularity of it, and the meaning and origin of the name.
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Maori boy names that start with A:
1. Aata: bear; stone
2. Ahika: sustaining and enhancing our place communities; challenge
3. Aiali’i: chief of a village
4. Akahata: supreme
5. Amahau: to gather
6. Amiri: east wind
7. Anewa: to fall
8. Apera: breath
9. Aperahama: father of the mighty nation
10. Arapeta: a famous man
11. Ari: a majestic eagle
12. Atama: soul; expensive
13. Atawhai: kind; caring
Maori boy names that start with E:
1. Ekara: eagle
2. Eru: a Ngati Manawa chief killed by Tuhoe in 1866
3. Eriatara: a kaipara chief
4. Eruera: prosperous; rich and happy guardian
5. Etera: aid; help
Maori boy names that start with H:
1. Hahona: healer
2. Haimona: listening
3. Harata: free man
4. Hare: manly; strong
5. Hau: wind
6. Heho: God rescues
7. Heketoro: fairy spirit
8. Hemi: he who supplants
9. Henare: home ruler; estate ruler
10. Hepetipa: one of the Maori prophets
11. Huatare: a famous chief
12. Hunapo: hidden darkness
13. Hunu: sun; sun ray
Maori boy names that start with I:
1. Iarere: to descend; the descendant
2. Iehohapata: the lord judges
3. Ieni: the lord judges
4. Ietepere: chaste; unmarried
5. Ietoro: pre-eminence
6. Ihaia: God is my salvation
7. Ihaka: he will laugh
8. Ihu: God rescues
9. Ikaroa: the longest part of a fish
10. Inia: a body of water
11. Iorama: God is exalted
12. Iorangi: the cirrus cloud
13. Iraia: the God wrestler
14. Irirangi: the spirit voice
15. Iwi: nation; tribe
Maori boy names that start with K:
1. Kahuangi: precious; jewel; blue
2. Kamaka: rock
3. Kiritopa: bearer of Christ
4. Koraka: south Island chief
Maori boy names that start with M, N:
1. Maaka: consecrated to the god
2. Mahaka: a Ngati kahungunu chief
3. Makareta: pearl
4. Manaaki: to cherish; conserve
5. Mikaere: who is like God
6. Nikau: palm tree
Maori boy names that start with O, P:
1. Otikoro: a cheif of Hawaiki
2. Paikea: tame whale
3. Pio: pious
4. Pita: rock
5. Purta: a mythical person
6. Puta: a mythological person
Maori boy names that start with R, S:
1. Rangi: heaven; the sky
2. Rapata: bright fame
3. Rawiri: beloved
4. Rongo: god of rain and fertility; peace
5. Ropata: bright fame
6. Rua: lake
7. Ruru: morepork, a native new Zealand’s owl
8. Sione: Yahweh is gracious; Yahweh is merciful
Maori boy names that start with T:
1. Tai: the sea or coast
2. Tama: sun
3. Tamati: twin
4. Tane: husband
5. Tanemahuta: man
6. Tangaroa: god of fire
7. Tawera: a morning star
8. Tayn: god of light
9. Tipene: crowned
10. Tui: a honey eater bird
Maori boy names that start with U, W:
1. Uenuku: God of the rainbow; a priest of Hawaiki at the time of Heke
2. Waraki: god of the sea
3. Witi: first name of the Author
4. Whetu: a star; a chief of Ngati-rongo
5. Whiro: God of the evil and darkness
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