Maoli as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Maoli

What is the meaning of the name Maoli ?

The baby name Maoli is a Unisex name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced mah-OH-lee (IPA: /maˈo.li/).

Maoli is Hawaiian in Origin.

Maoli is a Hawaiian given name used for any gender, taken from the common Hawaiian word maoli meaning “native, indigenous; true, genuine” (as in Kānaka Maoli, “Native Hawaiian”). As a personal name it conveys authenticity and connection to place and ancestry. It is documented in Hawaiian naming from the kingdom and territorial eras and regained visibility during the late-20th-century Hawaiian language and cultural revitalization, often chosen as a first or middle name.

Variants are minimal: Maoli is typically written without diacritics, though Māoli (with a macron) may appear in academic or careful orthography. The phrase Kānaka Maoli is an ethnonym, not a given‑name form. Outside Hawai‘i, Maoli can also represent a romanization of Chinese name elements - written Mao Li or Maoli - with meanings determined by the characters selected, for example 茂利 (“luxuriant; benefit”) or 茂礼 (“abundant propriety”).

⚙ Maoli is a rare name. There are only 75 recorded uses of it in our data, from 16 countries.