Rongo

RO-NGO

Maori

"peace"

Rongo Origin and Meaning

The name Rongo is a boy's name meaning "peace".

Rongo is a masculine Maori name stemming from both the name of a god and also the Maori word for peace, "rangimarie", which itself is occasionally used as a feminine name. Rongo was the name of the Maori god of cultivated food and of peace. In Maori culture the two ideas are closely linked - food can only be cultivated and plentiful when communities are at peace and working together. If Ringo, Rango and Rocco can get a look in, why not Rongo?

Maori leader Dr Rongo Wetere is a notable bearer of this name. The "NG" sound in this name is pronounced like the first 'ng' sound in "singing".