Entry № 6266 · Maori origin

Mahuika Mahuika — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-WEE-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Maori
Meaning
"Maori goddess of fire (Maui's grandmother)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Maori)

A name that means "maori goddess of fire (maui's grandmother)".

Mahuika is the Maori goddess of fire in Polynesian mythology. One of the fire-origin myths of Polynesia.

Maori goddess of fire (Maui's grandmother) — a Maori name.

The name in its native script.

Mahuika
Transliteration
Mahuika
Pronunciation
/ məˈwiː.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mahuika stands.

Mahuika 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.

Mahuikas before her.

Real people
Mahuika
Maori fire goddess.
In fiction
Mahuika
Polynesian oral tradition.

Names connected to Mahuika.

The number behind Mahuika.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mahuika reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.