Aroha
Aroha is a Māori word meaning "love", cognate with the Hawaiian term aloha. It is also a given name, and can be either masculine or feminine.
- Māori
Meaning & Origin of Aroha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aroha is a Māori word meaning "love", cognate with the Hawaiian term aloha. It is also a given name, and can be either masculine or feminine.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Māori
The Story of Aroha
The earliest SSA record of Aroha as a baby girl name dates back to 2013, when 6 babies received it. 2013 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Aroha — #14,580 in the national rankings. Aroha last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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Notable people named Aroha
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Aroha Awarau (1976–2026), journalist and playwright from New Zealand
- Aroha Clifford , first woman in New Zealand to gain a pilot's license from an aero club
- Aroha Harris (born 1963), New Zealand historian
- Te Aroha Keenan , New Zealand former netball coach
- Aroha Reriti-Crofts (1938–2022), New Zealand community worker, national president of the Māori Women's Welfare League
- Aroha Savage (born 1990), rugby union player from New Zealand
- Aroha Yates-Smith , New Zealand performer
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Names that sound like Aroha
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About the name Aroha
Aroha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2013 and has accumulated 12 births in the dataset. Aroha's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #14,580. Use the chart and map above to compare Aroha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.