Names of French Polynesia PF
Names in French Polynesia are recorded in French and ty, with a given name followed by an inherited family name.
Written in French, ty.
- Population
- 295K
- Official registers
- 4
- Name forms recorded
- 13
At least one official register, plus a written account of the naming system.
How names work in French Polynesia
2 naming traditions are in use in French Polynesia, listed in the order of the country's languages. They are separate systems, not variants of one, and each has its own page.
The most common names in French Polynesia
Scripts & spelling
Registers & sources
Official registers
- The page discusses Polynesian names, their significance, and cultural context, published by Moana Voyages.not a population count
www.moanavoyages.com. Counts: not recorded. given. 28 forms. Licence: unknown.
What we know about this register
Auto-discovered via Firecrawl. The page discusses Polynesian names, their significance, and cultural context, published by Moana Voyages.
Last verified 2026-05-11.
- This page provides a list of Polynesian names and their meanings, published by Tahiti Traveler.2023not a population count
www.letahititraveler.com. Counts: not recorded. given. 26 forms. 2023. Licence: unknown.
What we know about this register
Auto-discovered via Firecrawl. This page provides a list of Polynesian names and their meanings, published by Tahiti Traveler.
Last verified 2026-05-11.
- This page lists the most popular names given to newborns in Tahiti and Raiatea in 2023, published by TNTV.2023not a population count
www.tntvnews.pf. Counts: not recorded. given. 16 forms. 2023. Licence: unknown.
What we know about this register
Auto-discovered via Firecrawl. This page lists the most popular names given to newborns in Tahiti and Raiatea in 2023, published by TNTV.
Last verified 2026-05-11.
- L'Institut de la Statistique de Polynésie Française a publié un bilan démographique des prénoms en Polynésie.2020not a population count
la1ere.franceinfo.fr. Counts: not recorded. given. 7 forms. 2020. Licence: unknown.
What we know about this register
Auto-discovered via Firecrawl. L'Institut de la Statistique de Polynésie Française a publié un bilan démographique des prénoms en Polynésie. Checked 2026-08-06 (task #42 sweep) for a live per-name existence oracle: ispf.pf (Institut de la Statistique de la Polynésie Française) publishes démographie/prénoms bulletins as static reports, with no interactive prénoms search tool comparable to INSEE's métropole fichier-des-prénoms lookup (France's INSEE program does not cover French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity outside the DOM scope). No new source added.
Last verified 2026-05-11.
About this data
Official figures are reproduced from the register named beside them, at the year named beside them, and are never combined across registers. The "across all records" ranking counts records in our own corpus — historical registers, the diaspora, business and place records — and is not a population count. Bearer estimates are omitted where a name accounts for more than a quarter of a country's records, because the estimate is not defensible there. Names listed by reference works and licensed name dictionaries are cited as attesting a name; their figures are not published.
Data snapshot: 2026-09-12.
Questions
- Is there one naming system in French Polynesia?
- No — 2 are described on this page (Tahitian, French), and they are separate systems rather than variants of one.
Cite this page: Mondonomo, “Names of French Polynesia”, https://nelma.mondonomo.ai/names/PF (data snapshot 2026-09-12).