What does Hina mean in Hawaiian?
Hina is a Hawaiian girl name that means goddess of the moon. The name comes from hina (gray, silvery). It is pronounced HEE-nah, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Hina belongs with other Hawaiian names about moon and mythology.
The words inside Hina
hina means gray, silvered and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Hinahina.
How to pronounce Hina
Say every vowel. The vowels in Hina are i as “ee”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Hina a boy or girl name?
Hina is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Hina is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 685 U.S. babies named Hina since 1973, but that spelling is also a Japanese and Arabic name, so the count says little about the Hawaiian name. In Hawaiʻi itself, 11 babies born in the state were named Hina from 2011 to 2021, with a peak of 6 in 2011. 5 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Hina?
Hina has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.