Entry № 8340 · Hawaiian origin

Pua Pua — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ POO-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hawaiian
Meaning
"Flower, blossom"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Hawaiian)

A name that means "flower, blossom".

Pua is the Hawaiian word for "flower" or "blossom." A simple, traditional Hawaiian feminine name.

Pua is widely used in Hawaii.

Flower. The Hawaiian blossom.

The name in its native script.

Pua
Transliteration
Pua
Pronunciation
/ ˈpuː.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Pua stands.

Pua 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.

Puas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Pua
Moana's pet pig in Moana.
2016 Disney film

Names connected to Pua.

The number behind Pua.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Pua reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.