The name collection

Names with meaning.

3,600+ baby names from 25 cultures, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and story.

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1–48 of 61 names

Māori · Greek

Anaru

Manly

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Māori

Atawhai

Kindness; generosity

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Hawaiian

Haunani

Beautiful snow

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Tongan

Heilala

Heilala flower

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Māori

Hemi

Māori form of James

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Japanese · Tahitian · Urdu

Hina

Japanese meaning depends on kanji; separate Polynesian and Urdu roots

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Māori

Hine

Girl; young woman

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Hawaiian

Hoku

Star in Hōkū; Hoku also names a lunar night

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Māori

Kahurangi

Precious; blue; a prized type of greenstone

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Hawaiian

Kaimana

Sea power; also the Hawaiian word for diamond

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Hawaiian

Kaipo

The sweetheart

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Hawaiian

Kalei

The lei; the flowers; the child

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Hawaiian

Kamalani

Heavenly or royal child

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Hawaiian

Kanani

The beauty

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Hawaiian

Kanoa

The unrestricted or free one

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Māori

Kauri

The New Zealand kauri tree

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Hawaiian

Kawika

Hawaiian form of David

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Hawaiian

Keala

The path

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Hawaiian

Kealiʻi

The chief; the ruler

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Hawaiian

Kimo

Hawaiian form of James

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Māori

Kiri

Skin; bark of a tree or fruit

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Māori

Kiwa

Dark

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Hawaiian

Kona

Leeward; the sheltered side

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Hawaiian

Lehua

The ʻōhiʻa flower

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Hawaiian

Leimomi

Pearl lei; pearl child

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Hawaiian

Mahealani

A Hawaiian lunar night near the full moon

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Hawaiian · Māori

Mahina

Moon; month

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Hawaiian

Maile

The maile vine

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Japanese · Māori

Mana

Japanese meaning depends on spelling; spiritual power in Māori

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Māori

Manaia

A bird-headed figure in Māori carving

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Māori · Hawaiian · Samoan · Sanskrit

Manu

Bird in Polynesian languages; wise in Sanskrit

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Māori

Marama

Moon; month

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Hawaiian · Tongan

Mele

Song in Hawaiian; also a form of Mary

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Māori · Fijian

Mere

Form of Mary; ultimate meaning uncertain

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Hawaiian · Māori

Moana

Ocean; deep sea; wide expanse of water

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Hawaiian

Nalu

Wave; surf

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Hawaiian

Nani

Beauty; glory

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Māori

Ngaio

The ngaio tree

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Māori

Nikau

The nīkau palm

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