Given name & surname
Kona
“a girly woman”
Kona is used as a given name and a surname. One Hawaiian interpretation is “a girly woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hawaiian interpretation is “a girly woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hawaiian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 681
- 438 boys · 243 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #6,016 for boys · #12,580 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,016 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 29 in 2012. It also appeared in 7 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 707 as a first name in 2020; 495 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kona’s family of names
Kona has a related form in Koni. Kona has a related form in Konah. Kona has a related form in Konea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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