What does Konane mean in Hawaiian?
Konane is a Hawaiian unisex name that means bright moonlight, an ancient Hawaiian board game. The name comes from kōnane (bright as moonlight). It is pronounced koh-NAH-neh, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Konane belongs with other Hawaiian names about moon and light.
The words inside Konane
kōnane means bright as moonlight.
How to pronounce Konane
Say every vowel. The vowels in Konane are o as in “go”, a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Konane a boy or girl name?
Konane is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Konane is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Konane, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Konane?
Konane is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.