Maui
MOW-ee
Hawaiian, Polynesian mythology
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Updated Mon Dec 23 2024
Maui Origin and Meaning
The name Maui is a boy's name .
The name of the second-biggest (and third-most populous) island in Hawaii was one of the fastest-rising boys' names of 2017. A major factor was surely Dwayne Johnson's character in Moana, the Polynesian demigod named Maui, a mythological trickster who slowed the sun to create the days. (It fell back to normal levels in the following years.)