What does honu mean in Hawaiian?
Honu is the green sea turtle, an ʻaumakua or family guardian for many Hawaiians and a symbol of long life and safe passage. Kahonu is the turtle, Honulani a heavenly turtle, Honukai a sea turtle.
Say it HOH-noo. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site honu is part of 12 names: 5 begin with it, 5 end with it, and 2 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning ocean.