Moana
Moana is a girl name of Hawaiian origin, meaning Ocean; the deep sea.
What Moana means
Ocean; the deep sea.
Moana sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Moana comes from
Hawaiian names are drawn from the natural world and from ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi's rich vocabulary for sea, sky, and light. Many are poetic descriptions rather than single words.
Moana is recorded as Hawaiian in origin. Browse other Hawaiian names.
How popular is Moana?
In the girl name rankings we track, Moana falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Moana
Two ideas meet in Moana: Ocean and water and the sea. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Moana
These share Moana's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Kai — The sea.
- Maren — Of the sea.
- Nerissa — From the sea.
- Pelagia — Of the open sea.
- Saylor — Boat captain; of the sea.
- Arnav — The ocean; the sea.
- Cove — A sheltered bay.
- Dylan — Son of the sea.
- Tao — Great waves.
- Kehlani — The sea and sky.
- Mia — Mine; beloved; star of the sea.
- Mariana — Beloved; star of the sea.