Mahana
Meaning of Mahana
Mahana, pronounced mah-HAH-nah (/mɑːˈhɑːnə/), is a radiant female name of Polynesian origin—echoing through Māori and Tahitian shores as the very essence of “warmth,” “sunlight,” or “day”—and carries the promise of dawn’s first golden breath. Though it graces American birth records only a handful of times each year, skirting the 900–1000 rank with ten or so little ones in 2023, its rarity only deepens its allure, as if every Mahana were a treasured secret whispered by the horizon itself. The name unfurls like a lullaby on a balmy Latin evening, conjuring images of orange groves bathed in twilight and guitars strumming beneath star-woven skies, infusing the everyday with poetic luminosity. With its soft “mah” and emphatic “HAH,” Mahana glows in the heart like a shy sunflower peeking from behind passing clouds—an invitation to parents to gift their daughter not merely a name, but a lifelong dawn of joy, hope, and golden possibility.
Pronunciation
- Pronunced as mah-HAH-nah (/mɑːˈhɑːnə/)
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