What does Moani mean in Hawaiian?
Moani is a Hawaiian girl name that means light breeze carrying fragrance. The name comes from moani (fragrant breeze). It is pronounced moh-AH-nee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Moani belongs with other Hawaiian names about wind and flower.
The words inside Moani
moani means fragrant breeze.
How to pronounce Moani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Moani are o as in “go”, a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Moani a boy or girl name?
Moani is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 93 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Moani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 93 U.S. babies named Moani from 1976 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 14 of those 48 years. Its peak was 2005, with 10. The 2014 to 2023 total of 40 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 5 babies born in the state were named Moani from 1976 to 2021, with a peak of 5 in 1976. No year after 1976 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Moani?
Moani has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.