Moorea
Girl · moh-oh-RAY-uh
Moorea is a girls' name, meaning “yellow lizard”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Moorea mean?
Tahitian, from the name of the island of Moorea
“yellow lizard”
Named after Moorea, a mountainous island in French Polynesia, close to Tahiti.
- Say it
- moh-oh-RAY-uh
Is Moorea a girl's or a boy's name?
Moorea is a girls' name.
How popular is Moorea in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Moorea in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Moorea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
Names like Moorea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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