About names in New Zealand
New Zealand has seen a strong revival of Māori names and the Māori language (te reo Māori) in recent decades, and Māori names are now chosen by families across all backgrounds, not only those with Māori heritage — a shift that mirrors the country's broader national embrace of te reo Māori as an official language and shared cultural identity. Alongside that revival, nature- and place-inspired names are a notably common local trend, reflecting how closely New Zealand's culture is tied to its landscape.
New Zealand also shares much of its naming culture with neighboring Australia and the wider English-speaking world, though the strength of the Māori naming revival is genuinely distinctive to New Zealand.
Names covered for New Zealand on this site
This page covers a curated set of widely recognized New Zealand names, split by gender below, rendered through the same engine as the interactive editor. Any New Zealand name not yet listed can still be typed directly into the editor.
Using a New Zealand name worksheet
Print at full size so guide-line spacing stays correct, especially for Māori names that may use accented vowels. For a classroom, the Teacher Worksheets tool generates one combined PDF with a worksheet per student.
Beyond name tracing for New Zealand families
Every New Zealand name here also has a Name Pyramid and Name Missing Letter version. This site's other worksheet types share the identical engine and print layout.