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Meaning, origin and pronunciation, with published usage by place and year.
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Love and compassionate affection in Māori.
The licensed Love gloss is corroborated by Te Aka’s exact aroha noun entry and the official evidence of Māori given-name use. The dictionary records broader related senses, not a personality prediction or proof of a family’s intention.
Māori word-name documented in New Zealand.
The official report includes Aroha among Māori baby names, with review involving kaumātua and Te Taura Whiri. This establishes one documented naming tradition, not a bearer’s ancestry.
Not yet published for this spelling.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2012 | Girls | 5 (rounded to 5) | 7998 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2018 | Girls | 4 | 4684 | Historical source: not all years independently cross-checked. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 5 | 14942 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The official report explicitly documents Māori given-name use. That is distinct from nationality and an English pronunciation. Credit: Department of Internal Affairs, Te Tari Taiwhenua, New Zealand. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; no endorsement implied. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No logos or audio reused.
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The licensed Love gloss is corroborated by Te Aka’s exact aroha noun entry and the official evidence of Māori given-name use. The dictionary records broader related senses, not a personality prediction or proof of a family’s intention. Credit: John C Moorfield, Te Aka Māori Dictionary. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; source copyright remains with its holder. No example sentences, images or audio reused.
Source rights retained; original factual summary by Rare Baby Names
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The official report includes Aroha among Māori baby names, with review involving kaumātua and Te Taura Whiri. This establishes one documented naming tradition, not a bearer’s ancestry. Credit: Department of Internal Affairs, Te Tari Taiwhenua, New Zealand. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; no endorsement implied. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No logos or audio reused.
CC BY 4.0
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The report groups Aroha with several Te Aroha spellings. Its grouped total includes first and middle names over a defined period; no combined total is assigned to the individual Aroha profile or calendar-year popularity table. Credit: Department of Internal Affairs, Te Tari Taiwhenua, New Zealand. Adapted and condensed by Rare Baby Names; no endorsement implied. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No logos or audio reused.
CC BY 4.0
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Te Aka supports the meaning summary. The dictionary’s word senses are distinguished from individual naming intentions; no source example prose or recording is republished. Credit: John C Moorfield, Te Aka Māori Dictionary. Original factual summary by Rare Baby Names; source copyright remains with its holder. No example sentences, images or audio reused.
Source rights retained; original factual summary by Rare Baby Names
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Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
