What does noa mean in Hawaiian?
Noa means free, released from kapu, the system of sacred restrictions, and therefore common or ordinary. When the kapu system was abolished in 1819 the islands became noa. Noa is a popular unisex name (it also resembles the Hebrew Noah), and it forms Kainoa (the free sea), Noalani (heavenly freedom), and Kanoa (the free one).
Say it NOH-ah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site noa is part of 4 names: 1 begin with it, 2 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are boy names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning freedom.