What does Nakoa mean in Hawaiian?
Nakoa is a Hawaiian boy name that means the warriors, the brave ones. The name comes from nā (the, plural) + koa (warrior). It is pronounced nah-KOH-ah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Nakoa belongs with other Hawaiian names about warrior and strength.
The words inside Nakoa
koa means brave, warrior and appears in 4 Hawaiian names, among them Koa, Kekoa, Kaikoa.
How to pronounce Nakoa
Say every vowel. The vowels in Nakoa are a as in “father”, o as in “go”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Nakoa a boy or girl name?
Nakoa is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 970 U.S. babies given it, 6% were girls and 94% boys.
How often Nakoa is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 970 U.S. babies named Nakoa from 1977 to 2023 (55 girls, 915 boys). It appears in 34 of those 47 years. Its peak came in 2023, with 125, and 678 were born from 2014 to 2023. In Hawaiʻi itself, 156 babies born in the state were named Nakoa from 2000 to 2021, with a peak of 14 in 2018. 79 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Nakoa?
Nakoa has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.