Entry № 10809 · Maori origin

Tui Tui — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TOO-ee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Maori
Meaning
"Native New Zealand songbird"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Maori)

A name that means "native new zealand songbird".

Tui is the Maori name for a native New Zealand songbird with iridescent feathers and a distinctive white throat tuft. The tui is famous for its complex song and is one of New Zealand's most beloved birds.

Tui is widely used in New Zealand.

The native New Zealand songbird.

The name in its native script.

Tui
Transliteration
Tui
Pronunciation
/ ˈtuː.i /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tui stands.

Tui 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.

Tuis before her.

Real people
Tui Flower
New Zealand food writer.
1928 – 2013
In fiction
Tui
Common in Maori fiction.

Names connected to Tui.

The number behind Tui.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Tui reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.