Aloha as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Aloha

What is the meaning of the name Aloha ?

The baby name Aloha is a Unisex name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ah-LOH-hah.

Aloha is Hawaiian in Origin.

Aloha is a Hawaiian word-name meaning love, affection, compassion, and, by extension, a greeting of peace used for both hello and goodbye. In Hawaiian, many parse it as alo “presence, face” + hā “breath (of life),” evoking the sharing of life energy and kindness known as the “aloha spirit.” It descends from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa and has close cognates across Polynesia: Māori aroha, Samoan alofa, and Tongan ’ofa, all meaning love.

Used as a given name in Hawaiʻi and the broader United States since the late 19th and early 20th centuries - bolstered by Queen Liliʻuokalani’s song Aloha ʻOe and later tourism - it is most common for girls but can be unisex. Though never widespread, it appears intermittently in U.S. records (e.g., explorer Aloha Wanderwell, 1906–1996). Variants and related forms include Aroha (Māori), Alofa (Samoan), ’Ofa (Tongan), and Hawaiian elaborations such as Alohalani (“heavenly love”).