Entry № 4298 · Maori origin

Hine Hine — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HEE-neh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Maori
Meaning
"Girl, daughter"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Maori)

A name that means "girl, daughter".

Hine is the Maori word for "girl" or "daughter" — also the prefix for many Maori goddess names (Hine-nui-te-pō, the great lady of night).

Hine is widely used in New Zealand.

Girl, daughter. The Maori feminine root.

The name in its native script.

Hine
Transliteration
Hine
Pronunciation
/ ˈhiː.nɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hine stands.

Hine does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Hines before her.

Real people
Hinemoa
Maori legendary princess.
In fiction
Hine
Maori goddess prefix.
Maori mythology

Names connected to Hine.

The number behind Hine.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hine reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.