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Hanohano

Pronounced hah-noh-HAH-noh

“honored, glorious, dignified”

Say it

hah·noh·HAH·noh

4 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

What does Hanohano mean in Hawaiian?

Hanohano is a Hawaiian boy name that means honored, glorious, dignified. The name comes from hanohano (dignified). It is pronounced hah-noh-HAH-noh, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Hanohano belongs with other Hawaiian names about royalty and strength.

The words inside Hanohano

hanohano means honoured, glorious.

How to pronounce Hanohano

Say every vowel. The vowels in Hanohano are a as in “father”, o as in “go”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Hanohano a boy or girl name?

Hanohano is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.

How often Hanohano is given in the U.S.

No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Hanohano, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.

How well recorded is Hanohano?

Hanohano is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Hanohano?

hah-noh-HAH-noh, in 4 syllables, with the stress on HAH.

Is Hanohano a girl's or a boy's name?

Hanohano is used mainly as a boy name, though Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender and it can be given to any child.

What does Hanohano mean in Hawaiian?

honored, glorious, dignified. It comes from hanohano (dignified).

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

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