Kepano as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kepano

What is the meaning of the name Kepano ?

The baby name Kepano is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced keh-PAH-no.

Kepano is Hawaiian in Origin.

Kepano is the Hawaiian adaptation of the Greek name Stephanos, best known in English as Stephen/Steven. The form likely entered Hawaiian through missionary-era contact, especially via Tahitian and French equivalents (Tepano, Étienne). Hawaiian phonology replaces t with k and adds vowels to fit open syllables, yielding Ke-pa-no while preserving the core sense of “crown” or “wreath.”

During the 19th-century Hawaiian Kingdom, Kepano appears in baptismal and civil records as a localized Christian name, sometimes alternating with the variant Kepana. Close and related forms across languages include Stephen, Steven, Stefan, Stephan, Stefano, Esteban, Estêvão, Étienne, Stepan, and István, with Tahitian/Rapa Nui Tepano as a near Polynesian counterpart. The meaning comes from Greek stéphanos, “crown, garland; victory,” symbolizing honor and achievement. Today Kepano is uncommon yet recognized within Hawaiian naming revivals, offering a culturally rooted alternative to the widespread Stephen/Steven family.

⚙ Kepano barely registers. Our whole dataset turns up only 1 recorded use, across 1 country.