The name Amiria was announced yesterday by the Department of Conservation as the competition-winning name for the young bird nesting in front of the webcam at Taiaroa Head, on the Otago Peninsula.
Amiria is a te reo transliteration of Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Doc gave the public a theme of ''female explorers'' for naming suggestions, and the public voted on a chosen final list of five.
Amiria received 389 of the 1100 votes in the online competition.
One of those who suggested the name, Arianna Ponder, of Wellington, was randomly chosen as the competition winner, and will be flown down to meet the chick.
Otago Peninsula Trust marketing manager Sophie Barker said the name was ''a little more gracious'' than her previous nickname ''Dora'', after children's cartoon character Dora the Explorer.
The bird is expected leave the colony in September.
''One of the exciting things is September will be the 80th anniversary of the first chick fledging,'' Ms Barker said.
The naming competition has been run for the past three years.
The first chick named, Moana, is expected to return in the next few years.
