What does Moʻo mean in Hawaiian?
Moʻo is a Hawaiian boy name that means supernatural water lizard, lineage, legend. The name comes from moʻo (supernatural water lizard, lineage, legend). It is pronounced MOH-oh, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
The words inside Moʻo
moʻo means lizard.
How to pronounce Moʻo
Say every vowel. The vowels in Moʻo are o as in “go”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Moʻo is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Moʻo a boy or girl name?
Moʻo is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 121 U.S. babies given it, 40% were girls and 60% boys.
How often Moʻo is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 121 U.S. babies named Moʻo from 2008 to 2023 (49 girls, 72 boys), counted as Moo because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 12 of those 16 years. Its peak was 2013, with 18. The 2014 to 2023 total of 75 is more than in all earlier years combined. 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 Moʻo?
Moʻo has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.