The name SOLOMON is an adopted name. It was Anglicized from the NZ Maori name Horomona. Horomona Taruna carrying the name. Taruna is the original name and was dropped in favour of Horomona just two generations previous and then one generation back, the name Solomon was adopted. See genealogy
As can be seen from the gen. table above the son of Karamana Paihau was named Horomona Taruna. It was his son who took the name Pura Horomona Taruna.
In the next generation his son Purua retained the name Horomona, dropping the name Taruna. It was in the next generation that the name Horomona Taruna was dropped altogether and the name Solomon adopted.
It must be noted here that the name Horomona Taruna is still used today by other families, just not in our Solomon family.
I know very little of Horomona Taruna, only that he lived at Whakaki and Mangatieke during the time of my great grandfather Watene Hook. He was mentioned in the "'Native Land Court Minutes' - Wairoa Hearing 7-10 Oct. 1890"
I would appreciate any information about this tipuna (ancestor) Horomona Taruna, and would be happy to provide a link to that genealogy if it is available.
The Ancient Solomon Name
Although the name Solomon for this family is relatively new, probably the most ancient record of the name Solomon herein lies: Solomon (Hebrew ???? Shlomo or Š?l?m?h), king of Israel (965 BC - ca.
925 BC), was David's second son by Bathsheba. His name means "peaceful," from the Hebrew "Shelomoh" (Arabic "Suleiman"). The name given by God to Solomon in the Bible was Jedidiah (meaning "loved by God"), and some scholars have conjectured that Solomon was a "king name" taken either when he assumed the throne or upon his death. Interestingly, Solomon's case is one of the few in the Bible where the name given by God does not stay with the character. Solomon was probably born about 1035 BC (1 Chronicles 22:5; 29:1). His birth was considered a grace from God, after the death of the previous child between David and Bathsheba via adultery. He succeeded his father on the throne in early manhood, probably about sixteen or eighteen years of age.
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