What does Keona mean in Hawaiian?
Keona is a Hawaiian boy name that means the attractive one. The name comes from ke (the) + ona (attractive). It is pronounced keh-OH-nah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
The words inside Keona
ona means attractive, charming.
How to pronounce Keona
Say every vowel. The vowels in Keona are e as in “bet”, o as in “go”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Keona a boy or girl name?
Keona is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Keona is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 3,291 U.S. babies named Keona since 1973, but that spelling is mostly an American girl's name, so the count says little about the Hawaiian name. In Hawaiʻi itself, 18 babies born in the state were named Keona from 2004 to 2021, with a peak of 7 in 2005. No year after 2007 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Keona?
Keona has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.