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Diana · English girl’s name

Diana in Hawaiian is Kiana

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when D became K.

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kee·AH·nah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Diana in Hawaiian?

Diana is Kiana in Hawaiian, said kee-AH-nah.

How Diana became Kiana

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Diana D became K.

Kiana has a page of its own as a Hawaiian given name, with its popularity and the names it is usually paired with.

How to say Kiana

Say it kee-AH-nah, leaning on AH, sounding every vowel: i as “ee”, a as in “father”. The pronunciation guide covers the whole system.

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What is Diana in Hawaiian?

Diana is Kiana in Hawaiian, pronounced kee-AH-nah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Kiana?

kee-AH-nah, with the stress on AH.

Why does Kiana look so different from Diana?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Diana, D became K.

Is Kiana a real Hawaiian name?

Yes, as a borrowed name. Hawaiian families have used Kiana since the 1800s, but it is Diana respelled, not a name built from Hawaiian words.

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