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
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Grammatical form
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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

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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.