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Hawaiian Names Meaning Flower

Pua means flower and also child, which is why so many Hawaiian girl names are built around blossoms and lei. These names honor plumeria, lehua, maile, and the garlands made from them.

Hawaiian Names Meaning Flower, with example names

Spotlight · names meaning flower

  • Leilani

    “heavenly lei, royal child”

    leigarland+laniheaven, sky, royal
    lay-LAH-neeGirl
  • Leia

    “child of heaven, heavenly flowers”

    lei (garland, child) + a

    LAY-ahGirl
  • Maile

    “the maile vine, a fragrant lei plant”

    maile (Alyxia stellata)

    MY-lehGirl

52 names · 47 girl · 0 boy · 5 unisex

The Hawaiian words for flower

These are the words the names below are built from. Each links to a definition and every name that uses it.

More words for flower: ʻilima (ʻilima flower), kamila (camellia), kaunaʻoa (a native dodder vine), kiele (gardenia), kui (to string), lauaʻe (a fragrant fern), lena (yellow), lilia (lily), māpuana (wafted fragrance), melia (plumeria), moani (fragrant breeze), mohala (to bloom), mokihana (a fragrant native berry), naʻala (fragrance), naupaka (a native shrub), ʻoliana (oleander), pīkake (Arabian jasmine).

  • Flower

    Leilani

    “heavenly lei, royal child”

    Pronounced lay-LAH-neelei + lani

    Girl

  • Heaven

    Leia

    “child of heaven, heavenly flowers”

    Pronounced LAY-ah

    Girl

  • Flower

    Maile

    “the maile vine, a fragrant lei plant”

    Pronounced MY-leh

    Girl

  • Love

    Kalei

    “the lei, the beloved child”

    Pronounced kah-LAYka + lei

    Unisex

  • Flower

    Kapua

    “the flower, the blossom”

    Pronounced kah-POO-ahka + pua

    Unisex

  • Love

    Kuʻulei

    “my lei, my beloved”

    Pronounced koo-oo-LAY

    Girl

  • Flower

    Lehua

    “the ʻōhiʻa lehua blossom, sacred to Pele”

    Pronounced leh-HOO-ah

    Girl

  • Love

    Leialoha

    “lei of love, beloved child”

    Pronounced lay-ah-LOH-hahlei + aloha

    Girl

  • Flower

    Lokelani

    “heavenly rose, the pink rose of Maui”

    Pronounced loh-keh-LAH-neeloke + lani

    Girl

  • Flower

    Melia

    “plumeria”

    Pronounced meh-LEE-ah

    Girl

  • Flower

    Pua

    “flower, blossom, child”

    Pronounced POO-ah

    Girl

  • Flower

    Pualani

    “heavenly flower, royal offspring”

    Pronounced poo-ah-LAH-neepua + lani

    Girl

  • Flower

    Puanani

    “beautiful flower”

    Pronounced poo-ah-NAH-neepua + nani

    Girl

  • Ocean

    Hanalei

    “crescent bay, lei-making”

    Pronounced hah-nah-LAYhana + lei

    Girl

  • Flower

    ʻIlima

    “the ʻilima flower, emblem of Oʻahu”

    Pronounced ee-LEE-mah

    Girl

  • Flower

    Kalehua

    “the lehua blossom”

    Pronounced kah-leh-HOO-ah

    Girl

  • Flower

    Kaleialoha

    “the beloved lei, the cherished child”

    Pronounced kah-lay-ah-LOH-hahka + lei + aloha

    Girl

  • Nature

    Kaliko

    “the bud, the leaf bud”

    Pronounced kah-LEE-kohka + liko

    Unisex

  • Flower

    Kamaile

    “the maile vine”

    Pronounced kah-MY-leh

    Girl

  • Flower

    Kiele

    “gardenia”

    Pronounced kee-EH-leh

    Girl

  • Love

    Kuʻuleialoha

    “my beloved lei”

    Pronounced koo-oo-lay-ah-LOH-hahkuʻu + lei + aloha

    Girl

  • Flower

    Lei

    “garland of flowers, beloved child”

    Pronounced LAY

    Girl

  • Flower

    Leinani

    “beautiful lei, beautiful child”

    Pronounced lay-NAH-neelei + nani

    Girl

  • Flower

    Lilia

    “lily”

    Pronounced lee-LEE-ah

    Girl

  • Flower

    Loke

    “rose”

    Pronounced LOH-keh

    Girl

  • Wind

    Moani

    “light breeze carrying fragrance”

    Pronounced moh-AH-nee

    Girl

  • Flower

    Nāpua

    “the flowers”

    Pronounced NAH-poo-ahnā + pua

    Girl

  • Flower

    Oliana

    “oleander flower”

    Pronounced oh-lee-AH-nah

    Girl

  • Flower

    Pīkake

    “Arabian jasmine, also peacock”

    Pronounced pee-KAH-keh

    Girl

  • Flower

    Awapuhi

    “wild ginger”

    Pronounced ah-vah-POO-hee

    Girl

  • Flower

    Hinahina

    “silvery gray, beach heliotrope, flower of Kahoʻolawe”

    Pronounced hee-nah-HEE-nah

    Girl

  • Flower

    Hinano

    “the fragrant male blossom of the hala (pandanus) tree”

    Pronounced hee-NAH-noh

    Girl

  • Love

    Kaleikini

    “the many lei, the multitude of children”

    Pronounced kah-lay-KEE-nee

    Unisex

  • Flower

    Kapualani

    “the heavenly flower, royal blossom”

    Pronounced kah-poo-ah-LAH-neeka + pua + lani

    Girl

  • Flower

    Kaunaʻoa

    “the native dodder vine, flower of Lānaʻi”

    Pronounced kow-nah-OH-ah

    Girl

  • Beauty

    Keonaona

    “the soft fragrance”

    Pronounced keh-oh-nah-OH-nahke + onaona

    Girl

  • Nature

    Lauaʻe

    “a fragrant native fern used in lei”

    Pronounced low-AH-eh

    Girl

  • Flower

    Lehuakona

    “lehua blossom of Kona”

    Pronounced leh-hoo-ah-KOH-nah

    Girl

  • Flower

    Lehuanani

    “beautiful lehua blossom”

    Pronounced leh-hoo-ah-NAH-nee

    Girl

  • Flower

    Leilana

    “floating lei, buoyant child”

    Pronounced lay-LAH-nah

    Girl

  • Flower

    Leilehua

    “lehua blossom lei”

    Pronounced lay-leh-HOO-ahlei + lehua

    Girl

  • Strength

    Leimana

    “powerful lei, lei of spiritual power”

    Pronounced lay-MAH-nah

    Unisex

  • Flower

    Leinaʻala

    “fragrant lei”

    Pronounced lay-nah-AH-lahlei + naʻala

    Girl

  • Flower

    Leiʻohu

    “lei of mist”

    Pronounced lay-OH-hoolei + ʻohu

    Girl

  • Flower

    Mohala

    “to blossom, unfold”

    Pronounced moh-HAH-lah

    Girl

  • Flower

    Mokihana

    “the fragrant berry of Kauaʻi used in lei”

    Pronounced moh-kee-HAH-nah

    Girl

  • Flower

    Naupaka

    “a beach shrub whose half-flowers recall a legend of separated lovers”

    Pronounced now-PAH-kah

    Girl

  • Beauty

    Onaona

    “soft fragrance, gentle and attractive”

    Pronounced oh-nah-OH-nah

    Girl

  • Flower

    Puakea

    “white blossom”

    Pronounced poo-ah-KEH-ahpua + kea

    Girl

  • Flower

    Puakenikeni

    “the ten-cent flower, a fragrant lei blossom”

    Pronounced poo-ah-keh-nee-KEH-neepua + kenikeni

    Girl

  • Flower

    Pualei

    “flower lei”

    Pronounced poo-ah-LAYpua + lei

    Girl

  • Flower

    Pualena

    “yellow flower, golden glow”

    Pronounced poo-ah-LEH-nahpua + lena

    Girl

Other meanings

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 Hawaiian girl names mean flower?

Leilani (heavenly lei, royal child), Leia (child of heaven, heavenly flowers), Maile (the maile vine, a fragrant lei plant), Kuʻulei (my lei, my beloved), Lehua (the ʻōhiʻa lehua blossom, sacred to Pele), Leialoha (lei of love, beloved child).

What Hawaiian boy names mean flower?

The unisex names Kalei, Kapua, Kaliko, Kaleikini are used for boys.