Moana.
A unisex given name from Polynesian.
Meaning & usage
A unisex given name from Polynesian.
A unisex given name from Polynesian. A unisex given name from Hawaiian.
A coastal suburb of Nelson, New Zealand.
A small town in the West Coast region, New Zealand, on the shore of Lake Brunner (known as Moana in Maori).
Where this word comes from
From Hawaiian Moana (“sea, ocean”), Māori moana, and other Polynesian languages.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.