What does Paʻahana mean in Hawaiian?
Paʻahana is a Hawaiian unisex name that means industrious, hard-working. The name comes from paʻahana (busy at work). It is pronounced pah-ah-HAH-nah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Paʻahana belongs with other Hawaiian names about strength.
The words inside Paʻahana
paʻahana means hardworking, busy.
How to pronounce Paʻahana
Say every vowel. The vowels in Paʻahana are a as in “father”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Paʻahana is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Paʻahana a boy or girl name?
Paʻahana is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Paʻahana is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Paʻahana, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Paʻahana?
Paʻahana is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.