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Mohala

Pronounced moh-HAH-lah

“to blossom, unfold”

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moh·HAH·lah

3 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

What does Mohala mean in Hawaiian?

Mohala is a Hawaiian girl name that means to blossom, unfold. The name comes from mohala (to bloom). It is pronounced moh-HAH-lah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Mohala belongs with other Hawaiian names about flower and hope.

The words inside Mohala

mohala means to bloom, to unfold.

How to pronounce Mohala

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

Is Mohala a boy or girl name?

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

How often Mohala is given in the U.S.

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

How well recorded is Mohala?

Mohala is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Mohala?

moh-HAH-lah, in 3 syllables, with the stress on HAH.

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

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

What does Mohala mean in Hawaiian?

to blossom, unfold. It comes from mohala (to bloom).

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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