What does pono mean in Hawaiian?
Pono is goodness, righteousness, correctness, and balance, the state of things being as they should be. It is the pono in the state motto and a core value in Hawaiian ethics. Pono is a unisex name, and it forms Kapono (the righteous one), Ponolani (heavenly righteousness), and Kūpono (upright and honest).
Say it POH-noh. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site pono is part of 3 names: 0 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 wisdom.