What does Kaunaʻoa mean in Hawaiian?
Kaunaʻoa is a Hawaiian girl name that means the native dodder vine, flower of Lānaʻi. The name comes from kaunaʻoa (Cuscuta sandwichiana). It is pronounced kow-nah-OH-ah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kaunaʻoa belongs with other Hawaiian names about flower.
The words inside Kaunaʻoa
kaunaʻoa means a native dodder vine.
How to pronounce Kaunaʻoa
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kaunaʻoa are a as in “father”, u as “oo”, o as in “go”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Kaunaʻoa is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kaunaʻoa a boy or girl name?
Kaunaʻoa is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kaunaʻoa is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kaunaʻoa, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kaunaʻoa?
Kaunaʻoa is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.