Entry № 11049 · Tahitian origin

Vaiana Vaiana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ vy-AH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Tahitian
Meaning
"From the water, water cave"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Polynesian)

A name that means "from the water, water cave".

Vaiana is a Tahitian and broader Polynesian name combining vai (water) and ana (cave, place) — meaning "from the water" or "water cave." It is the international title of Disney's Moana.

Vaiana is widely used in French Polynesia.

From the water. The international Moana.

The name in its native script.

Vaiana
Transliteration
Vaiana
Pronunciation
/ vaɪˈɑː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Vaiana stands.

Vaiana 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.

Vaianas before her.

Real people
Vaiana
Common in French Polynesia.
In fiction
Vaiana
International title of Disney's Moana.
2016 film

Names connected to Vaiana.

The number behind Vaiana.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Vaiana reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.