What does Meleana mean in Hawaiian?
Meleana is a Hawaiian girl name that means Hawaiian form of Mary Ann. It is pronounced meh-leh-AH-nah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Meleana belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Mary Ann in Hawaiian
Meleana is the Hawaiian form of Mary Ann, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Mary Ann means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Mary Ann in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Meleana
Say every vowel. The vowels in Meleana are e as in “bet”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Meleana a boy or girl name?
Meleana is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 270 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Meleana is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 270 U.S. babies named Meleana from 1976 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 29 of those 48 years. Its peak was 2012, with 20. The 2014 to 2023 total of 76 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 9 babies born in the state were named Meleana from 2007 to 2021, with a peak of 9 in 2007. No year after 2007 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Meleana?
Meleana has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.