Aroha Explained

Aroha
Gender:	Female or male
Meaning:	"love"
Language:	Māori

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.

Notable people

Notable people with the name include:

• Aroha Awarau, journalist and playwright from New Zealand
• Aroha Clifford, first woman in New Zealand to gain a pilot's license from an aero club
• Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford (born 2018), daughter of former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern^[1]
• Aroha Harris (born 1963), New Zealand historian
• Aroha Reriti-Crofts (1938–2022), former national president of the Māori Women's Welfare League
• Te Aroha Keenan, New Zealand former netball coach
• Aroha Savage (born 1990), rugby union player from New Zealand
• Aroha Yates-Smith, New Zealand performer

Fictional characters

• Aroha Reed, character in the TVNZ soap opera Shortland Street

Other uses

• Aroha is an alternate spelling for Hindi language word Aaroh.

See also

• Te Aroha, a town in the North Island of New Zealand

Notes and References

1. Web site: It's Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford's first birthday. Stuff. en. 2020-04-14.