Kapono as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kapono

What is the meaning of the name Kapono ?

The baby name Kapono is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced kah-POH-no (Hawaiian) — IPA: /kaˈpono/.

Kapono is Hawaiian in Origin.

Kapono is a Hawaiian given name and surname built from ka, “the,” and pono, “righteousness, goodness, uprightness.” It evokes the ideal of moral balance central to Native Hawaiian thought and echoed in the state motto, Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono (“The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness”). As a personal name, it conveys wishes that the bearer live rightly and do what is proper.

Usage spans both sexes, though it skews masculine in modern practice and appears frequently as a middle name. The name’s visibility rose during the Hawaiian Renaissance of the 1970s, helped by musician Henry Kapono. Variants and related forms include Pono (short form or nickname), the spaced Ka Pono, and the anglicized Capono; Kāpono (with a macron) is a distinct verb meaning “to approve” and is not the same name. Diminutives are uncommon.