Skip to content

Hawaiian word · adj

ona

“attractive, charming”

Say it

OH-nah

In names

1 names

0 girl · 1 boy · 0 unisex

What does ona mean in Hawaiian?

Ona is the quality of drawing people toward you. The root also carries the sense of being intoxicated, which is the same idea seen from the other side: what is ona is what one cannot look away from.

Say it OH-nah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.

On this site ona is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 1 end with it. Most are boy names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning beauty.

Names that end in ona (1)

Ona closes the name and colors everything before it.

  • Hawaiian

    Keona

    “the attractive one”

    Pronounced keh-OH-nahke + ona

    Boy

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What does ona mean?

Ona means attractive, charming. Ona is the quality of drawing people toward you.

How do you pronounce ona?

OH-nah. Every vowel is a separate sound and the stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Is ona a Hawaiian name on its own?

Ona is not usually given as a name by itself, but it is part of 1 names on this site, such as Keona.

What are some Hawaiian names ending in ona?

Keona (the attractive one).

All Hawaiian words used in names