What does onaona mean in Hawaiian?
Onaona is a gentle, sweet fragrance — the scent that reaches you rather than announces itself. Used of a person it means soft-eyed and attractive.
It is the doubled form of a root about sweetness, and the doubling softens rather than intensifies, which is common in Hawaiian. The word is a staple of love songs.
Say it oh-nah-OH-nah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site onaona is part of 2 names: 0 begin with it, 1 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning flower.