Given name

Nāinoa

“names; namesakes”

Nāinoa is a masculine given name from Hawaiian. It is used in Hawaiian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Nāinoa goes back to a word meaning “names; namesakes.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Nāinoa comes from Hawaiian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

NāinoaNainoa

The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Nāinoa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hawaiian · Modern

Nakoa

“brave”

41UncommonRising fast

92% boys · 8% girls

Hawaiian · Modern

Kainoa

“the” · “name; namesake”

39RareSteady

99% boys · 1% girls

Hawaiian · Modern

Makoa

“brave”

47UncommonRising fast

99% boys · 1% girls

Hawaiian

Momoa

Momoa is a surname from Hawaiian.

No U.S. birth series

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Hawaiian

Akiona

Akiona is a surname.

No U.S. birth series

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Hawaiian · Modern

Kanoa

“one who is free”

24RareRising

96% boys · 4% girls

Hawaiian

Laʻakea

“sacredness” · “white”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hawaiian

Oliwa

“of the army of elves”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Nāinoa’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Nāinoa

A sister for Nāinoa