What does inoa mean in Hawaiian?
Inoa is a name. The word sits at the centre of the naming practice: an inoa pō is a name received in a dream, an inoa hōʻailona one given by a sign.
A mele inoa is a name chant, composed for a specific person and belonging to them. To compose one for someone was an honour; to mock someone's name was a genuine offence, because the name carried their mana.
Say it ee-NOH-ah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site inoa is part of 2 names: 0 begin with it, 1 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are boy names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning earth.