In the end the New Zealand exporters plumped for the name "kiwifruit" --on the one hand because of the fruit's remarkable resemblance to New Zealand's unique, flightless national bird, the kiwi, whose round body is covered in a layer of brown plumage, and on the other because the New Zealand servicemen who fought in World War Ⅱ were also commonly known as Kiwis.
最後，紐西蘭出口商決定取名「奇異果」，一來因為紐西蘭特有的夜行性珍禽奇異鳥﹘﹘翅膀退化，圓嘟嘟的身上，披著一層褐色的羽毛﹘﹘和獼猴桃的容貌十分神似；況且二次大戰時，紐西蘭大兵就被稱為「Kiwis」，用「奇異果」來命名，真是再適合不過。