Lātūvava'u

A 17C unisex name most famously use by a set of twins, Lātūvava'u and Lātūtonga. The younger being vengeful , protective and cold, she is of the sun & land. Whilst Lātūvava'u being forgiving, just & warm. She is of the moon, sky & sea. The thing they share in common is obtaining balance via love and hate, good and evil. 'Ofa (love) is that balance.

Lātūvava'u : Lātū = 2 boat sails

Vava'u = ancestral land of demigods

Also used as an adjective meaning pleasant, peaceful, tranquil.

Person: Remember that story about those twins you told me when I was a kid, what's their names again?

Grandparent: oh, yeah Ĺātūvava'u was the good one, everyone tries to do good deeds like her. But me, I like Lātūtonga, I think I take after her always cheeky & ready for anything hehe! ..why you ask?

Person: my friend at works sister has twins and one is named Látū and the other is Vava'u. She says they named after old demigods of peace and happiness??

Grandparent: Well she's not wrong it does mean that. Usually the royals have their own separate dialect to our common language and they use Latuvava'u, Latu, Vava'u while we just say Beautiful, peaceful etc..

Guy1: hey I saw you got a new girlfriend, nice!
Guy2: yeah she awesome, but she ain't no Lātūvava'u.

by LBoogie28 November 23, 2021