Entry № 4299 · Maori origin

Hineata Hineata — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ hee-neh-AH-tah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Maori
Meaning
"Dawn maiden"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Maori)

A name that means "dawn maiden".

Hineata is widely used in New Zealand.

Dawn maiden. The Maori morning.

The name in its native script.

Hineata
Transliteration
Hineata
Pronunciation
/ ˌhɪ.nəˈɑː.tə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hineata stands.

Hineata 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.

Hineatas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Hineata
Common in Maori fiction.

Names connected to Hineata.

The number behind Hineata.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hineata reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.