Meleana as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Meleana

What is the meaning of the name Meleana ?

The baby name Meleana is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced meh-LEE-ah-nah,meh-LAY-ah-nah,IPA: /ˌmɛliˈɑːnə/ or /mɛˈleɪənə/.

Meleana is Hawaiian in Origin.

Meleana is a Polynesian feminine name used in Hawai‘i, Tonga, and Samoa. It most often combines Mele (the Polynesian form of Mary, from Hebrew Miryam) with Ana/‘Ana (Anne, from Hebrew Channah meaning “grace, favor”). Hence, Meleana can be read as “Mary Ann” and interpreted as “favored one,” “grace,” or “grace of Mary.” Some communities also connect it to Melania/Melanie (from Greek melas, “dark”), while in Hawaiian it invites a folk association with mele “song, chant” and the deverbal suffix -ana, giving a poetic secondary sense of “songful.”

The name spread with 19th-century Christian influence and appears in late-1800s baptismal and census records across the Pacific; it remains popular among island and diaspora families. Variants and related forms include Mele‘ana (Tongan/Samoan orthography), Mele-ana, Meliana, and the components Mele, Ana/‘Ana; see also Malia (Mary) and Meleane. A contemporary bearer is the Hawai‘i-born singer Meleana Brown.