What does Naiʻa mean in Hawaiian?
Naiʻa is a Hawaiian girl name that means dolphin. The name comes from naiʻa (dolphin). It is pronounced NYE-ah, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Naiʻa belongs with other Hawaiian names about ocean and nature.
The words inside Naiʻa
naiʻa means dolphin.
How to pronounce Naiʻa
Say every vowel. The vowels in Naiʻa are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Naiʻa is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Naiʻa a boy or girl name?
Naiʻa is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 1,978 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Naiʻa is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 1,978 U.S. babies named Naiʻa from 1982 to 2023, all girls, counted as Naia because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 32 of those 42 years. Its peak came in 2023, with 139, and 1,034 were born from 2014 to 2023. In Hawaiʻi itself, 164 babies born in the state were named Naiʻa from 2000 to 2021, with a peak of 12 in 2004. 85 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Naiʻa?
Naiʻa has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.