What does Hoʻonani mean in Hawaiian?
Hoʻonani is a Hawaiian unisex name that means to glorify, to make beautiful. The name comes from hoʻo (to cause) + nani (beauty). It is pronounced hoh-oh-NAH-nee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Hoʻonani belongs with other Hawaiian names about beauty.
The words inside Hoʻonani
nani means beauty, beautiful, glorious and appears in 6 Hawaiian names, among them Kanani, Nani, Puanani, Haunani.
How to pronounce Hoʻonani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Hoʻonani are o as in “go”, a as in “father”, i as “ee”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Hoʻonani is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Hoʻonani a boy or girl name?
Hoʻonani is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Hoʻonani is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Hoʻonani, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Hoʻonani?
Hoʻonani is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.