Table of Pacific Island Names

 Current name                                             Formerly known as                               Native name
Rarotonga                                                                                                                     Maaroaro                                               Puka Puka Puka                                                      Danger Ksland Easter Island  (Isla de Pascua)                          Aku Aku                                                  Rapa Nui, Tepito te Henua Caroline Islands                                               Ocean Island

Palau                                                             Belau Chuuk                                                             Truk Pohnpei                                                           Ponape Marshall Islands                                               Ladrone Islands                                        Aelon Kien Ad Fiji                                                                                                                                 Viti Society Islands or Society Archipelago              Tahiti and her Islands,  or                           Te Mau Fenua Matai

          Windward Islands (Iles du Vent) &amp; Leewqrd Islands (Iles Sous le Vent)     Raro Matai, Tuha a Pae

Marquesas Islands                                                                                                         Makatea Tuamotu                                                          Puamoto, Dangerous Archipelago Anaa                                                               Chain Island   Moorea                                                            Eimeo or Aimeho Maria                                                               Hull Rapa                                                                Oparu Maritori                                                             Bass Gambier Islands                                                Mangareva, Pearl Island                            Mahu, Mataura, Taahueia Akainaru                                                           Wainright Taravai                                                              Belcher Aukina                                                              Elson Tubuai                                                              Austral Islands                                          Te Henua e Nana Hawaii                                                              Sandwich Islands                                       Hava`i

Kiribati                                                            Gilbert &amp; Ellice Islands Line Islands (farther east)                                   American Islands                                       Tabuaerau, Kiritimati Christmas                                                         Fanning                                                     Kirisimati

Banaba                                                            Ocean Island Nauru                                                                Pleasant Island New Caledonia                                                                                                                   Kanaky New Zealand                                                                                                                      Aotearoa Niue                                                                  Savage Island Samoa                                                                                                                               Hamoa (means the Islands) Tokelau                                                              Union Islands Tonga                                                                 Friendly Islands Tuvalu                                                                 Ellice Island Vanuatu                                                              New Hebrides, Espiritu Santo                            Tongariki                                                             Shepherd’s Island Aoba, Pentecost, &amp; Maewo                                  Cyclades Wallis and Futuna                                                Hoorne Islands Futuna                                                                Îles de home Wallis                                                                                                                                  Uvea