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Keonaona

Pronounced keh-oh-nah-OH-nah

“the soft fragrance”

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Say it

keh·oh·nah·OH·nah

5 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

Built from

kethe+onaonafragrance

What does Keonaona mean in Hawaiian?

Keonaona is a Hawaiian girl name that means the soft fragrance. The name comes from ke (the) + onaona (fragrance). It is pronounced keh-oh-nah-OH-nah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Keonaona belongs with other Hawaiian names about beauty and flower.

The words inside Keonaona

onaona means softly fragrant and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Onaona.

How to pronounce Keonaona

Say every vowel. The vowels in Keonaona are e as in “bet”, o as in “go”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Keonaona a boy or girl name?

Keonaona is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.

How often Keonaona is given in the U.S.

No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Keonaona, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.

How well recorded is Keonaona?

Keonaona has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Keonaona?

keh-oh-nah-OH-nah, in 4 syllables, with the stress on OH.

Is Keonaona a girl's or a boy's name?

Keonaona is used mainly as a girl name, though Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender and it can be given to any child.

What does Keonaona mean in Hawaiian?

the soft fragrance. It comes from ke (the) + onaona (fragrance).

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

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