An app is trying to claim this Māori name as an AUSTRALIAN name?!

First Australia tried to steal Phar Lap from us along with other things such as the pavlova, actor Russell Crowe, the lamington, Crowded House and even our very own popular singer Lorde.

Now, an app is trying to claim that Australians are the originators of the Māori name Aroha.

The mobile app Baby Names, created by Schatzisoft, is designed to help parents come up with name ideas for their newborns.

Photo / Reddit & NZ Herald

However, one prospective parent on Reddit shared a photo of a list of names — with Australia labelled as the origin for the name Aroha.

When the Herald looked further into the app, it revealed that the meaning behind the "Australian" name is love.

The social media post headlined "Seriously?" sparked fury with Kiwis, who have had enough of Aussies claiming Kiwi things as their own.

"First it's the horse, then the pavlova, then our musicians, now it's our names," one person wrote.

Another joked saying: "NZ origin: Australia."

"I knew an Aussie girl who was named Aroha but insisted it was pronounced "arrow-wa". I refused to call her by her name," one commenter shared.

An Australian admitted they have never heard of any of the names of the list ever.

One person blamed other countries for the mistake.

"It's every other country in the world being too dumb to know the difference between the two countries," they wrote.

Photo / Reddit & NZ Herald

Just the Aussies trying to take another thing as their own! 

This article was originally published by nzherald.co.nz and is reproduced here with permission