What does moani mean in Hawaiian?
Moani is a breeze carrying scent — the wind that brings the smell of flowers from somewhere you cannot see. It is one of the most-used images in Hawaiian love poetry, where the scent stands for news of an absent lover.
Say it moh-AH-nee. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site moani 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 wind.