What does ʻalana mean in Hawaiian?
ʻAlana is a free offering, given without obligation. A separate reading takes it as an awakening or a floating up, and both senses are current in names.
Say it ah-LAH-nah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The ʻokina (ʻ) is a short catch in the voice, like the break in “uh-oh”. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site ʻalana is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 0 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning gift.