What does Māpuana mean in Hawaiian?
Māpuana is a Hawaiian girl name that means wafted fragrance. The name comes from māpuana (wafted fragrance). It is pronounced mah-poo-AH-nah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
The words inside Māpuana
māpuana means wafted fragrance.
How to pronounce Māpuana
Say every vowel. The vowels in Māpuana are a as in “father”, u as “oo”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Māpuana a boy or girl name?
Māpuana is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Māpuana is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 5 U.S. babies named Māpuana from 1993 to 2023, all girls, counted as Mapuana because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 1 of those 31 years. No year since 1993 has five or more babies of either sex given it. In the Hawaiʻi records it never reaches five births of one sex in a year, the level at which a name is listed.
How well recorded is Māpuana?
Māpuana has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.