What does Kaʻanā mean in Hawaiian?
Kaʻanā is a Hawaiian boy name that means the cave (chiefly name from Molokaʻi legends). The name comes from ka (the) + ana (cave). It is pronounced kah-ah-NAH, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kaʻanā belongs with other Hawaiian names about earth.
The words inside Kaʻanā
ana means cave and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Kalanianaʻole.
How to pronounce Kaʻanā
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kaʻanā are a as in “father”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Kaʻanā is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kaʻanā a boy or girl name?
Kaʻanā is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kaʻanā is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kaʻanā, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kaʻanā?
Kaʻanā is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.