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This is the Hawaiian Baby Names page where we have listed all the Hawaiian Baby Names from our database in alphabetical order. You opt to flick through this list or instead use our form to search for Hawaiian Baby Names by Origin or Meaning.
On the detail page for each the Hawaiian Baby Names you will find the name meaning, similar Hawaiian Baby Names, information about its popularity and even celebrities and celebrity babies with this name.
You can shortlist any of the Hawaiian Baby Names, like them on Facebook, or if your name is one of our many Hawaiian Baby Names and you have a blog or a personal site you can even add a link to it from the name page that matches your name.What Does It Mean To Be Hawaiian Named?
The islands in the SE Pacific Ocean off the US mainland, bore the bearers for the aboriginal Hawaiian names for the widest State of the United States of America.
The 'Hawaii' Mystery
The term 'hawaii' is a Hawaiian word derived from the Proto-Polynesian word Sawaiki which means "homeland". The dithematic Hawaiian name element combination for Hawa "traditional homeland" + ii "small and raging", is another theory behind the state's name. Cognate words such as the state's name are common to other Polynesian languages as well, like Samoan, Maori, and Rarotongan.
Hawaii may have been named by the traditional discoverer, the Hawaii Loa, or other etymologists believe the state name was taken from Hawaii or Hawaiki which was the original home for the Polynesian people.
Still others, like Elbert and Pukui, point out that the word 'Hawaii' is used to refer to the underworld or ancient home in other parts of Polynesia. However, in the state itself, the term has no specific meaning in the Hawaiian language.
One thing, in Hawaii isn't a point of debate. There's no discrepancy or theories regarding the usage and designation for the term 'Hawaiian'. One natives descendent from aboriginals in Hawaii are deemed 'Hawaiian'. Hawaii is a state name, unlike other states in the US, which is also an ethnic identity.
Nicknames
Hawaii has been called many nicknames by supporters, such as 'Crossroads of the Pacific' (mainly refers to Honolulu), 'Paradise of the Pacific', and the 'Pineapple State' due to the state supplying 1/3rd of the world's pineapples.
In 1959, Hawaii officially received its legislative designation as the 'Aloha State' via Haw. Rev. Stat. 5-7. An old Polynesian greeting, 'Aloha!' became the popular state name its known as across the nation.
Geographical & Cultural Impacts Upon Etymology (names)
The State of Hawaii is located in the central Pacific ocean on an archipelago, SW of the North American continent, NE of Australia, and SE of Japan. Hawaii was admitted into the Union in 1959 becoming the 50th state of the USA. Honolulu is the state's capital and is on the island O'ahu.
Ethnologically and physio-graphically, the archipelago which Hawaii exists upon, is a sub-region of Polynesian descent of Oceania. The Hawaiian Island Chain is composed of several hundred islands along the volcanic ridge which is over 1500 miles long. The state of Hawaii from east to west is the widest of all the US. The 8 major or 'main islands' which stretch out at the SE archipelago end are from N to S: Ni'ihau, Kaua'i, O'ahu, and Molokai, followed by Lana'i, Kaho'lawe, Maui, and "Big Island", Hawaii.
Hawaii's Big 5
Kalawao is one of 5 Counties on the Hawaiian islands. It's political official count is far below the other four Counties due to its exclusivity as a leper colony.
The Big 5 Hawaiian Counties are the second-in-charge below the state government. Legally constituted only below the state in legal governing bodies, Counties in Hawaii carry substantial status greater than those on the US mainland. The names for prominent Hawaiian officials are very trendy in Hawaii.
Naming Custom Influence
In 1778, Captain James Cook honored the Earl of Sandwich by naming his newly discovered islands in the Pacific, the Sandwich Islands. Less than 30 years later, King Kamehameha I crowned the islands, Kingdom of Hawaii, under his rule.
Hawaiian legends about memehunes (depicted as hardworking elves) is associated with the small size of the aboriginal Hawaiians. The incessant Tahitian immigrant waves were absorbing the indigenous people. The myth probably came from the later, larger Hawaiians perception of the smaller aboriginals.
Hawaiian Name | (m/f)/phonetic spelling/ | derivation/ origin/"meaning" | variant names |
Hokule'a | (m) /hoe koo lay uh/ | Arcturus, the zenith star of Honolulu |
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Liliuokalai | (f) | Hawaii's last queen | Lili, Liliu |
Aukea | (f) | fr hau & kea / "snow, white" |
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Hokulani | (f) | "star of heaven" |
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Kaimana
| (m/f) | "power of the ocean" or 'diamond' in English to Hawaiian transcription | Kaima |
Nalani | (f) | "the heavens" | Alani |
Noelani | (f) | fr noe & lani"mist" + " heaven, sky" = "heavenly mist" | Noel |
Malie | (f) | "calm" |
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Mele | (f) | "song" | Mel |
Malia | (f) | Hawaiian form - Saint name Maria | Malie, Mali |
Ikaika | (m) | "strong" | Ikai |
Melika | (f) | Hawaiian form-Eng Melissa | Melik (m) |
Pika | (m) | Hawaiian form - the Chrisitian name Peter |
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Peni | (m) | Hawaiian form - the Chrisitian name Ben |
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Makaio | (m) | Hawaiian form -Chrisitian name Matthew | Maka |
Mikala | (m) | Hawaiian form- Chrisitian name Michael (saint name) | Mikal |
Maleko | (m) | Hawaiian form- Chrisitian name Mark | Malek |
Iakopa | (m) | Hawaiian form - Hebrew Jacob | Iakop |
Ikaia | (m) | Hawaiin form - Hebrew name | Ikai |
Iolana | (f) | "to soar" |
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Kai | (m/ f) | "sea" |
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The Last 4 Centuries of Hawaiian Names
Christian Missionaries
The missionaries were allowed to preach the Gospel during Kamehameha III's reign from 1825-1854. Kamehameha III relied heavily upon the missionaries' advice and teachings. The missionaries developed the alphabet for Hawaiian using it for translating the Holy Bible into the Hawaiian language. Religious freedom in Hawaii was guaranteed in 1839 by Kamehameha III, followed by the establishment of a constitutional monarchy. An American prime minister, G. P. Judd, influenced numerous reforms strengthening commercial and political ties between the U.S. and Hawaii from 1842-1853. Biblical and saint names became popular with reborn Christians of Hawaiian descent.
In 1843, the islands were granted their official independence from Great Britain. The kingdom of Hawaii remained sovereign until 1893, when a group of US businessmen overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy dethroning Hawaii's last queen, Liliuokalai. Hawaii became a territory of the United States of America in 1900.
War & The Americans
On Dec. 7, 1941, The Japanese surprise aircraft attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, plunged Hawaiians and the US into WWII. American cultural and naming custom influence poured into the islands while the Hawaiian Islands remained under marital law under US occupied forces until 1943.
New technologies and economic advances fostered the growth of Hawaii as a state. Unfortunately, new diseases and Polynesian vulnerability to these new infections dramatically reduced the indigenous population. The Hawaiian people are dwindling in population each year. Over a 7 percent drop in native Hawaiians was reported in Hawaii's population census from 2004-2008.
What began as an entrepreneurial business move in the sugar industry, led to the approval of Hawaii's statehood on August 21, 1959. Hawaiian names and their meaning in the Hawaiian language is a part of our American history and should be preserved.
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| Abela | Hawaiian | Breath; breathing spirit (Hawaiian variant of Abel). |
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| Aberahama | Hawaiian | Father to many (Hawaiian variant of Abraham). |
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| Aberama | Hawaiian | He who has many children. |
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| Abesaloma | Hawaiian | Peaceful father. |
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| ABIA | Hawaiian | God is my father. |
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| Abisai | Hawaiian | Gift of God; gift from God. |
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| Adamu | Hawaiian | Red earth. |
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| Aderiela | Hawaiian | God's majesty. |
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| Adiriano | Hawaiian | From the city of Adrian. |
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| Adoniia | Hawaiian | The Lord is my God. |
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| Ahimeleka | Hawaiian | Biblical priest. |
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| Ailana | Hawaiian | Loving. NOTE: without the 'okina,ailana could refer to sexual intercourse. |
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| Ailani | Hawaiian | High chief |
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| Akamu | Hawaiian | Red earth. |
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| Akana | Hawaiian | Male - Common Hawaiian surname derived from Cantonese informal prefix Ah plus some personal name. Used as a given name possibly for family reasons. |
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| Ake-akamai | Hawaiian | Yearning for wisdom |
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| Akela | Hawaiian | Noble |
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| Akeliela | Hawaiian | God's majesty. |
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| Akeyla | Hawaiian | Noble |
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| Akeylah | Hawaiian | Noble |
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| Akiliano | Hawaiian | From the city of Adrian. |
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| Akoniia | Hawaiian | The Lord is my God. |
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| Alakai | Hawaiian | Leader Ke-alaka'i |
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| Alamea | Hawaiian | Precioius stone. |
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| Alameah | Hawaiian | Precioius stone. |
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| Alamia | Hawaiian | Precioius stone. |
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| Alamiah | Hawaiian | Precioius stone. |
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| Alana | Irish | An offering, |
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| Alani | Hawaiian | Orange tree or fruit NOTE: alani is a type of brown seaweed (Dictyota), an upland tree (Pelea), or a type of moss. (Alani/'Alani |
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| Alapai | Hawaiian | Male - Listed as the Hawaiian form of Alfred, but this is a pre-contact, unisex name. |
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| Alaula | Hawaiian | Light of daybreak |
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| Alaulah | Hawaiian | Dawn |
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| Alea | Hawaiian | Male - Chill. Fairly recent use as a middle name suggests that it could also be a form of Lee . |
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| Aleah | Hawaiian | Male - Chill. Fairly recent use as a middle name suggests that it could also be a form of Lee . |
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| Aleaka | Hawaiian | Noble; Little truthful one. A form of Allison. |
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| Aleakah | Hawaiian | Noble; Little truthful one. A form of Allison. |
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| Alebana | Hawaiian | From Alba. |
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| Alee | Hawaiian | Male - Chill. Fairly recent use as a middle name suggests that it could also be a form of Lee . |
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| Aleeka | Hawaiian | Noble; Little truthful one. A form of Allison. |
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| Aleekah | Hawaiian | Noble; Little truthful one. A form of Allison. |
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| Aleferede | Hawaiian | Counselor; advisor. |
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| Alei | Hawaiian | Male - Chill. Fairly recent use as a middle name suggests that it could also be a form of Lee . |
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| Aleia | Hawaiian | Male - Chill. Fairly recent use as a middle name suggests that it could also be a form of Lee . |
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| Aleiah | Hawaiian | Male - Chill. Fairly recent use as a middle name suggests that it could also be a form of Lee . |
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| Aleigha | Hawaiian | Male - Chill. Fairly recent use as a middle name suggests that it could also be a form of Lee . |
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| Aleighah | Hawaiian | Male - Chill. Fairly recent use as a middle name suggests that it could also be a form of Lee . |
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| Aleika | Hawaiian | Noble; Little truthful one. A form of Allison. |
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| Aleikah | Hawaiian | Noble; Little truthful one. A form of Allison. |
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| Alekah | Hawaiian | Noble; Little truthful one. A form of Allison. |
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| Alekandero | Hawaiian | Protector. |
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| Alekanekelo | Hawaiian | Protector. |
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| Alekona | Hawaiian | From the old town. |
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| Alemana | Hawaiian | Warrior. |
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| Alepana | Hawaiian | From Alba. |
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| Alepeleke | Hawaiian | Counselor; advisor. |
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| Aletona | Hawaiian | From the old town. |
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| Alevina | Hawaiian | Elves' friend. |
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| Alewina | Hawaiian | Elves' friend. |
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| Aleya | Hawaiian | Male - Chill. Fairly recent use as a middle name suggests that it could also be a form of Lee . |
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| Aleyka | Hawaiian | Noble; Little truthful one. A form of Allison. |
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| Aleykah | Hawaiian | Noble; Little truthful one. A form of Allison. |
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| Alii | Hawaiian | Chief |
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| Alii-loa | Hawaiian | Distant or high chief. |
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| ALIIKAI | Hawaiian | Queen of the sea |
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| Allonah | Hawaiian | Handsome; harmony; happy; peaceful. A feminine form of Alain/Alan. |
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| Almya | Hawaiian | Precioius stone. |
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| Almyah | Hawaiian | Precioius stone. |
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| Aloha | Hawaiian | Greetings, Farewell. |
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| Alohah | Hawaiian | Greetings, Farewell. |
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| Alohalanee | Hawaiian | Greetings, Farewell. |
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| Alohalaney | Hawaiian | Greetings, Farewell. |
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| Alohalani | Hawaiian | Full of compassion. |
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| Alohalania | Hawaiian | Greetings, Farewell. |
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| Alohalaniah | Hawaiian | Greetings, Farewell. |
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| Alohalanie | Hawaiian | Greetings, Farewell. |
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| Alohalany | Hawaiian | Greetings, Farewell. |
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| Alohi | Hawaiian | Shining. Variant: Ke-'alohi |
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| Alohi-lani | Hawaiian | Male - Heavenly brightness. Name of a mythical land. |
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| Alohilani | Hawaiian | Full of compassion. |
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| Alohilania | Hawaiian | Greetings, Farewell. |
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| Alohilaniah | Hawaiian | Greetings, Farewell. |
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| Alohilany | Hawaiian | Greetings, Farewell. |
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| Alohilanya | Hawaiian | Greetings, Farewell. |
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| Alohilanyah | Hawaiian | Greetings, Farewell. |
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| Aloiki | Hawaiian | Renowned war. |
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| Aloisi | Hawaiian | Renowned war. |
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| Alonah | Hawaiian | Handsome; harmony; happy; peaceful. A feminine form of Alain/Alan. |
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| Amana | Hawaiian | Warrior. |
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| Amoe | Hawaiian | Hawaiian form of Cantonese Amoy (Ah Mooi) younger sister. |
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| Amoka | Hawaiian | Strong (Hawaiian interpretation of the name Amos). |
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| Amosa | Hawaiian | Strong (Hawaiian interpretation of the name Amos). |
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| Anadar | Hawaiian | Crown. |
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| Anakale | Hawaiian | Crown. |
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| Anakelea | Hawaiian | Masculine; manly. |
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| Anakoni | Hawaiian | Hawaiian form of Anthony |
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| ANALU | Hawaiian | Manly |
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| Anastacia | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anastacya | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anastacyah | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anastas | Greek | Male - Resurrection, Springtime. A masculine form of Anastasia. |
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| Anastase | Greek | Male - Resurrection, Springtime. A masculine form of Anastasia. |
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| Anastasee | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anastasie | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anastassia | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anastatia | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anastazia | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anastazya | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anastiaciah | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anastziah | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anederea | Hawaiian | Masculine; manly. |
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| Anela | Hawaiian | Angel or Hawaiian for Angela. |
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| Anestasia | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Aneya | Hawaiian | Beautiful |
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| Aneyah | Hawaiian | Beautiful |
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| Anezka | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anie | Hawaiian | Beautiful |
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| Annestas | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Annestasia | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Annestassia | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anniki | Hawaiian | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anstace | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Ansteece | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Ansteese | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anstes | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anstis | Hebrew | God is gracious. A form of Hannah. |
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| Anu | Yoruba | Male - Irish goddess, mother goddess of the early settlers of Ireland; Us, we; Mum; Mercy |
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| Anu-hea | Hawaiian | Cool fragrance |
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| Anuenue | Hawaiian | Male - Rainbow. |
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| Ao-lani | Hawaiian | Heavenly cloud or light of heaven. Name of mountains in Polynesia, the most famous being Aoraki/Mount Cook in New Zealand. Variants: Ke-ao-lani , Ke-o-lani, Ke-ao-o-ka-lani |
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| Aolanee | Hawaiian | Heavenly cloud. |
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| Aolaney | Hawaiian | Heavenly cloud. |
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| Aolani | Hawaiian | A heavenly cloud |
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| Aolania | Hawaiian | Heavenly cloud. |
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| Aolaniah | Hawaiian | Heavenly cloud. |
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| Aolanie | Hawaiian | Heavenly cloud. |
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| Aolany | Hawaiian | Heavenly cloud. |
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| Aolanya | Hawaiian | Heavenly cloud. |
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| Aolanyah | Hawaiian | Heavenly cloud. |
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| Apekaloma | Hawaiian | Peaceful father. |
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| Apela | Hawaiian | Breath; breathing spirit (Hawaiian variant of Abel). |
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| Apelahama | Hawaiian | Father to many (Hawaiian variant of Abraham). |
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| Apelama | Hawaiian | He who has many children. |
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| Apia | Hawaiian | God is my father. |
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| Apikai | Hawaiian | Gift of God; gift from God. |
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| Apilama | Hawaiian | He who has many children. |
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| Aremana | Hawaiian | Warrior. |
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| Asera | Hawaiian | Lucky. |
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| Au-kai | Hawaiian | Seafarer Variant: Ka-'au-kai |
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| Au-lani | Hawaiian | Male - Royal messenger, heavenly traveller |
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