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Oliana

Pronounced oh-lee-AH-nah

“oleander flower”

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oh·lee·AH·nah

4 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

What does Oliana mean in Hawaiian?

Oliana is a Hawaiian girl name that means oleander flower. The name comes from ʻoliana (oleander). It is pronounced oh-lee-AH-nah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Oliana belongs with other Hawaiian names about flower.

The words inside Oliana

ʻoliana means oleander.

How to pronounce Oliana

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

Is Oliana a boy or girl name?

Oliana is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 203 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.

How often Oliana is given in the U.S.

Social Security records show 203 U.S. babies named Oliana from 2004 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 19 of those 20 years. Its peak was 2018, with 17. The 2014 to 2023 total of 132 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 Oliana?

Oliana 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 Oliana?

oh-lee-AH-nah, in 4 syllables, with the stress on AH.

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

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

What does Oliana mean in Hawaiian?

oleander flower. It comes from ʻoliana (oleander).

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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