MAORI NAMES FOR YOUR DOG, CAT, HORSE, PET AND CHILD - From Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia

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Ahera	Male	Maori form of Asher.
Ahia	Male	One of the crew of Aea Ka Huru Manu.
Ahuru	Male	A common chief's name.
Aika	Male	A Ngai Tahu chief.
Airini	Female	Irene.
Aioriri	Male	A priest of olden time.
Aitua	Male	God of misfortune.
Aitupawa	Male	One of the minor Gods.
Aka	Female	Creeper, vine, weed.
Akahata	Male	Supreme is tino nui. Weed which is used as a leash.
Aketu	Male	A Ngati Kahungunu chief.
Akona	Female	To teach.
Aku	Female	A daughter of Hongi.
Amako	Male	One of the defenders of Te Namu.
Amiri	Male	The east wind.
Amiria	Female	Industrious; Maori form of Amelia.
Amonga	Male	A chief of Ati Awa. A descendant of Toroa.
Anahera	Female	Angel.
Anaru	Male	Maori form of Andrew.
Anewa	Male	To fall.
Ani	Female	Maori form of Anne or Ane.
Aperira	Female	The Maori form of April.
Aputa	Female	Open spaces.
Arama	Male	Maori form of Adam.
Areta	Female	Maori form of Alice.
Ariki	Male	Principal chief; first-born of a family of note; priest-chief.
Aroha	Female	Love.
Arona	Female	Colourful.
Aronui	Female	Inclination.
Atama	Male	Maori form of Adam.
Atamarie	Female	Sun rising.
Atua	Male	God; ancestral spirit.
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Ekara	Male	Eagle.
Emere	Female	Maori form of Emily.
Eriatara	Male	A Kaipara chief.
Erihapeti	Female	Maori form of Elizabeth.
Eru	Male	A Ngati Manawa chief killed by Tuhoe in 1866.
Eruera	Male	Maori form of Edward. Happy guardian.
Eti	Male	Eldest son of Te Popoki of Wairarapa.

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Haeata	Male	Name of a taniwha. A mythological being.
Haena	Male	A Ngati Mutunga chief at the Chathams.
Haere	Male	A God of the rainbow.
Hahana	Male	A Ngati Toa chief.
Hahona	Male	Maori form of Jason.
Hainga	Male	A chief of Ngati Tama.
Hakeke	Male	A chief of Ngati Apa.
Haki	Female	Ngai Tahu woman eaten by Ngati Mamoe.
Hakia	Male	A chief of upper Whanganui
Hakina	Female	A sister of Rehua. Mamaru Genealogy.
Hakopa	Male	A Tuhoe man who fought against the British at Orakau.
Hamene	Male	A slave taken by Tuwharetoa at Kohi kete.
Hanara	Male	Maori form of Arnold.
Hani	Male	A chief of Tuhoe; a stone near Maketu; a God.
Hanu	Male	A Waikato chief killed by Ngati Tama.
Haoka	Male	A Ngati Mamoe Chief.
Haora	Male	A Hauraki chief.
Hara	Female	Maori form of Zara.
Harakeke	Male	New Zealand flax plant
Haraki	Male	A priest of Tuhoe.
Harata	Male	A chief of Mokoia at Tamaki.
Hare	Male	Maori form of Charles. Manly, full grown.
Haripu	Male	A Ngati Ira chief.
Haru	Male	A South Island chief.
Hatario	Male	A chief of Wai ngongoro.
Hatea	Male	A Ngati Apa chief.
Hatiwira	Male	Chief of a district near East Cape.
Hatoa	Male	A chief of Ngati Apa.
Heeni	Female	Maori form of Jane.
Hemi	Male	Maori form of James. The supplanter.
Heriko	Male	Maori form of Jericho.
Hine	Female	Girl; daughter.
Hine Hukatere	Female	A legend of a maiden with fingers as cold as ice
Hinemarino	Female	Pacifying.
Hinenuitepo	Female	Goddess of Death
Hinimona	Female	Maori Goddess.
Hirini	Male	Maori form of Sydney.
Hohepa	Male	Maori form of Joseph.
Hongi	Male	Maori form of greeting.
Hori	Male	Maori form of George.
Huatare	Male	The name of a famous Chief.
Huhana	Female	Maori form of Susan.
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Iaka	Male	Maori form of York.
Ingoa	Male	A Ngati Toa Chief.
Io	Male	Supreme being of the Maori, master of all the other Gods
Irihapeti	Female	A form of Elizabeth, meaning consecrated to God.�
Iwi	Male	Maori tribe

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Kae	Male	The man who killed Tinirau's pet whale.
Kaewa	Female	A wife of Te Hakehe of Ngati Apa.
Hahakaha	Male	An Ngapuhi chief.
Kahawai	Male	An Arawa chief.
Kahi	Male	Maori form of Guy. A chief of Whakatohea.
Kahori	Male	A South Island chief.
Kahotu	Male	A Ngai Te Rangi chief.
Kahu	Male	Harrier Hawk.
Kanono	Female	Small tree.
Kapiti	Male	Name of a town.
Karakia	Female	Chant or prayer.
Kauri	Male	A chief of Ngati Awa.
Kawhea	Male	A Ngati Kurapoto chief.
Kea	Male	Mountain Parrot.
Keka	Male	A Whanganui chief.
Keke	Female	A Ngati Apakura woman.
Kekeriwai	Male	One of the minor gods.
Kiki	Male	A famous wizard.
Kikokiko	Male	A chief of Ngati Whatua.
Kinaki	Male	A Ngati Whatua chief.
Kingi	Male	Maori form of King.
Kiri	M/F	Tree bark.
Kiroa	Male	A chief of Manga Kahia.
Kiwi	Male	A chief of Wai o hua.
Kooti	Male	The noted Hauhau leader.
Kopeke	Male	A Ngati Kurapoto chief.
Koraka	Male	A South Island chief.
Koria	Female	A child of the sun.
Koro	Male	A Trial Chief in "Whale Rider".
Kotikoti	Male	A chief of Whakatohea.
Koua	Male	The father of Hone Heke.
Kowakura	Male	Composer of a lullaby.
Kowha	Male	A man killed by a monster called Moeahu.
Kunari	Female	Mother of Pakau wera.
Kura	Female	Maori: Treasure. Polynesian: Red.
Kuri	Male	A chief of a Mokau pa. Ranga waha kura Genealogy.
Kutu	Male	A chief of Te Namu.
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Lani	Female	Flower.
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Maaka	Male	Maori form of Mark; the God of War.
Maata	Female	A lady; Maori form of Martha.
Mahaka	Male	A Ngati Kahungunu chief.
Mahoihoi	Male	A great magician.
Mahora	Male	Flat land.
Mahuika	Female	Name of a the Goddess of Fire in Maori mythology.
Mahunga	Male	A Ngati Raukawa chief. A chief of Operiki.
Mahuta	Male	A Maori king.
Maikara	Female	A Ngati Manawa woman.
Maioha	Male	A Waikato chief. A dog that belonged to Turihuka.
Maitai	Male	A name for the white man.
Maka	Male	An Arawa ancestor. A South Island chief.
Makareta	Female	Maori form of Margaret.
Makoro	Female	A daughter of Kupe. East Coast Genealogy.
Makutu	Female	Magic; to bewitch.
Mamaku	Male	One of the leaders of the attack on Whanganui 1847.
Manaia	Male	Guardian of the Heaven, Land and Sea
Manu	Male	Power.
Manewa	Female	A wife of Awa nui a rangi.
Marama	F/M	Moon. Light of the world. A chief of Tunu haere.
Marika	Female	Quiet and careful.
Maro	Male	A man shot by Captain Cook.
Marore	Female	Te Rauparaha's first wife.
Matewa	Male	The dream time of the soul.
Mere	Female	Maori form of Mary, also a club (weapon).
Mikaere	Male	Maori form of Michael.
Mirama	M/F	Where the river meets the sea.
Moana	M/F	Wide expanse of water or sea.
Mokihi	M/F	Raft of dry, flat stems
Moko	Male	Maori tattoo
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Nahi	Male	Maori form of Nelson.
Natana	Male	Maori form of Nathan.
Nga	Female	A Maori witch.
Ngaio	Female	Clever or home. The name of a native New Zealand tree.
Ngaire	Female	Silver fern; flaxen .
Ngangi	Male	The last man killed in tribal fighting in Rangitikei.
Nopera	Male	Maori form of Noble
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Omaka	Female	The place where the stream flows.�
Otaihi	Female	A wife of Tu-Te-rangi-whiu.
Otikoro	Male	A chief of Hawaiki.

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Pahu	Male	A chief of Whatu-i-apiti.
Paikea	Male	Tribal chief. (Also the name of the girl star in "The Whale Rider")
Pakeha	Male	European; foreigner
Pakehakeha	Male	A God of the sea
Pakewa	Male	An Aupouri chief.
Pakuku	Male	A South Island chief.
Pangari	Male	A Hokianga chief.
Pango	Male	A chief of Ngati-Whakaue.
Pania	Female	The name of a beautiful woman in a myth.
Paora	Male	Maori form of Paul.
Papahinga	Male	A Wairarapa chief.
Paparua	Male	A Ngati-Mamoe chief.
Patunga	Male	A Ngati-Maniapoto chief.
Petera	Male	Maori form of Peter.
Petipeti	Male	An ocean God.
Pianga	Female	A daughter of Tawhaki.
Pihi	Female	A woman of Ngai-Te-Au.
Piki	Male	A Ngati-Koura chief.
Pikinga	Female	A wife of Rangihaeata.
Pipi	Female	Maori form of Phoebe.
Pirika	Male	Maori form of Felix.
Pita	Male	Maori form of Peter. A stone or rock.
Pitaka	Male	The chief of the party which killed Pekehaua.
Poki	Male	A chief of Ngati-Awa.
Poporo	Male	A Hauraki chief.
Porourangi	Male	An artist in "The Whale Rider"
Potaka	Male	A chief of Nga-puke-turua.
Potatau	Male	The first Maori king.
Potiki	Male	A Ngati-Paoa chief.
Poto	M/F	Short. A brother-in-law of Hori Kingi.
Potonga	Male	A man killed by the monster moeahu.
Potoru	Male	Chief of Ririno. Chief of a party that killed Kai-wha-ka-ruaki.
Poutama	Male	Father of Kupe II. A descendant of Hoturoa.
Powha	Male	A chief killed at Manga kowhai, Waikato.
Powhiro	Female	A daughter of Kahungunu.
Puhara	Male	A Hawke's Bay chief.
Puhata	Male	A Hauraki chief.
Puhi	Female	A young woman of high birth
Pukoro	Male	A sister of Tupoki of Ngati-Tama.
Punga	Male	A son of Kaitangata.
Purapurawhetu	Male	How the stars in the sky came to be
Puta	Male	A mythological person. A Taupo tohunga.
Putara	Male	A chief of Ngai-Tauira.

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