This sent me to Wikipedia for kiwifruit, where I read the Chinese characters translate as "macaque peach," but I don't know if that means "peach-ish fruit macaques like to eat" or "peach-ish fruit with fur like a macaque."

I think we can skip the " Chinese gooseberry" interval.

I assume the Kiwi who rebranded them as "kiwifruit" 🥝 intended both "from New Zealand" and "sorta looks like a kiwi bird."