Meaning and Origin
What does the name Kauri mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Kauri
User Submitted Origins
Maori
67%
Polynesian/Hawaiian
14%
Arabic
10%
English
5%
Punjabi
5%
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from New Zealand says the name Kauri means "a type of tree" and is of Maori origin.
- A user from New Zealand says the name Kauri means "A native tree of New Zealand".
- A submission from Washington, U.S. says the name Kauri means "Kaur means Princess, the name is given to all girls when they are baptized into the Sikh religion. I chose to and an 'i' to the end for femininity in America" and is of Punjabi origin.
- A submission from New Zealand says the name Kauri means "Gift of god".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun ‖Ka"u*ri
A tall coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis australisorDammara australis), having white straight-grained wood furnishing valuable timber and also yielding one kind of dammar resin.
Etymology: Native name
noun Kau"ri
Kauri resin.any of various species of Dammara; as, the red kauri Dammara lanceolata .
Other Dictionary Sources
- White close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis
- Tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood
- Resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum
Wiktionary
Variant of Kaur. Also a Karelian form of Russian Гаврии́л (Gavriíl, “Gabriel”).
- A male given name.