Kona as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kona

What is the meaning of the name Kona ?

The baby name Kona is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KOH-nah,/ˈkoʊnə/.

Kona is English, Germanic, Hawaiian, Japanese in Origin.

Kona is a unisex given name most firmly rooted in Hawaiian, where kona denotes the leeward, drier side of an island and names the famed district on Hawaiʻi Island; it also labels the southwest “Kona winds.” As a modern place-based name in English, it evokes coffee slopes, surf culture, and the Ironman triathlon, associations that have aided its late-20th-century rise.

In other languages, kona has unrelated senses that sometimes color its appeal: in Japanese, Kona is a modern given name written with various kanji, so meanings depend on the characters chosen; in Sanskrit/Hindi, kona means “angle” or “corner”; and in Old Norse/Icelandic, kona is the common noun for “woman” (not traditionally a personal name). As a given name in English, Kona is contemporary and unisex, with usage rising in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Occasional spellings include Konah; easy nicknames are Ko and Koko.