What does pua mean in Hawaiian?
Pua is a flower or blossom, and figuratively a child, a descendant, or the young of any living thing. The word is short, soft, and common at the start of names: Pualani is a heavenly flower, Puanani a beautiful flower, Puakea a white blossom. Many named flowers, such as pua melia (plumeria), also carry it.
Say it POO-ah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site pua is part of 10 names: 6 begin with it, 2 end with it, and 2 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning flower.