Entry № 6242 · Hawaiian origin

Mahina Mahina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-HEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hawaiian
Meaning
"Moon, month"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hawaiian)

A name that means "moon, month".

Mahina is the Hawaiian word for "moon" — also "month" (since traditional Hawaiian calendars are lunar).

Mahina is widely used in Hawaii and rising in the U.S.

Moon. The Hawaiian lunar.

The name in its native script.

Mahina
Transliteration
Mahina
Pronunciation
/ məˈhiː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mahina stands.

Mahina does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Mahinas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Mahina
Common in Hawaiian songs.

Names connected to Mahina.

The number behind Mahina.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mahina reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.