Given name

Māui

Māui is a masculine given name from Hawaiian. It is used in Hawaiian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Māui comes from Hawaiian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Māui

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Māui, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hawaiian

Kauʻi

“the” · “youthful beauty”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Hawaiian

Maikaʻi

“good”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Hawaiian

Makanui

“eye” · “big”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Hawaiian

Mahiʻai

“farm” · “food”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Hawaiian

Moʻo

“supernatural water lizard; lineage; legend”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Hawaiian · Nature

ʻAukai

“travel” · “sea”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Hawaiian

Kauhi

“the” · “cover”

No U.S. birth series

44% boys · 56% girls

Hawaiian

Māhoe

“twin”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Māui’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Māui

A sister for Māui