Given name & surname
Mehana
“a warm and friendly woman”
Mehana is used as a given name and a surname. One Hawaiian interpretation is “a warm and friendly woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hawaiian interpretation is “a warm and friendly 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 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mehana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 64
- 0 boys · 64 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,458 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,458 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mehana’s family of names
Mehana has a related form in Mehanah. Mehana has a related form in Mehanna. Mehana has a related form in Mehannah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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