What does pō mean in Hawaiian?
Pō is night and darkness, and also the realm of the gods and ancestors from which life emerged in the creation chant Kumulipo. The Hawaiian calendar counted pō, nights, rather than days. Kapō is the night, Pōlani heavenly night, Pōmaikaʻi good fortune. A name that came to a family in a dream was an inoa pō, a night name.
Say it POH. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held a little longer. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site pō is part of 11 names: 5 begin with it, 5 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning moon.