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With the arrival of Europeans, surnames were introduced and soon after a Māori surname system was devised where a person would take their father's name as a surname, for example: Ariki – Maunga Ariki – Waiora Maunga – Te Awa Waiora – Waipapa Te Awa. Māori would also have translations of their names, for example:
Pages in category "Māori given names" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aroha; H. Henare;
The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .
This list includes groups recognised as iwi (tribes) in certain contexts. Many are also hapū (sub-tribes) of larger iwi.. Moriori are included on this list. Although they are distinct from the Māori people, they have common ancestry with them.
^ This name is the main name used in Norman Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes. [7] Each has a separate article under the name listed there, and alternative names are also listed. In most cases (but not all) the name in the left column "Group name" is also the main name used by Tindale.
This article contains lists of the most common surnames in some of the countries of Oceania. Countries are arranged in alphabetical order. ... List of family name ...
Pages in category "Australian masculine given names" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. S. Sel (given name)
This category is for masculine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language masculine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.