| Name | Meaning | Origins | Gender | Popularity (last 10y) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makamae | Precious; treasured; beloved | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Makanae | Gift | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| Makaokalani | Eye of the heavens (eye of the sky) | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| Malama | To take care of; to preserve, protect, tend | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| malea | Variant of Malia/Maria - commonly interpreted as 'bitter' or 'beloved.' | English, Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Malia-Lani | From Malia ('Maria/Mary') + Lani ('heaven, sky, royal') - roughly 'heavenly Malia' or 'Mary of the heavens'. | Hawaiian, Latin | Girl | — | |
| Malialani | From Hawaiian Malia ('calm' / form of Mary) + lani ('heaven, sky, royal'): 'heavenly/calm one'. | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Malieh | Hawaiian form of Mary; commonly interpreted as "beloved" or "bitter" | English, Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Malu-Lani | Heavenly protection - from Hawaiian malu (protection/peace/shelter) + lani (heaven/sky/royal). | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Mamo | Varies by culture: used as a personal name in Ethiopia; in Japanese it can be a short form of Mamoru (meaning "protect"); in Hawaiian 'mamo' is the name of an endemic honeycreeper species. | Amharic, Hawaiian, Japanese | Boy | — | |
| Manako | Hawaiian: 'wish, desire; thought; beloved/precious'. Japanese: phonetically まなこ (rare as a given name; also means 'eyeball' in common usage). | Hawaiian, Japanese | Unisex | — | |
| Manulani | Bird of heaven | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Maola | Life; alive; health | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| Maoli | Native, true, genuine; often used to refer to native Hawaiians | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| Mapuana | Fragrant flower / blooming blossom | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Mauii | Name of the Polynesian demigod Māui; associated with cleverness and legendary feats. Exact etymology uncertain. | Hawaiian, Polynesian | Boy | — | |
| Maulea | Perpetual joy; always joyful | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| Maulei | Everlasting lei (perpetual garland) | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| Mauna | Mountain | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| Mauna-Kea | White mountain (mauna = mountain, kea = white) | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| Maïlea | Related to the Hawaiian maile vine - a fragrant vine used in leis; often interpreted as "fragrant vine" or associated with love/beauty. | Hawaiian, Polynesian | Girl | — | |
| Mea-Lii | A blended contemporary name - possible senses include 'my beloved', 'precious/beautiful one', or 'person/thing' depending on which root influence is intended | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Melelani | Heavenly song (song of the heavens) | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Mililanee | Heavenly; 'little heavenly one' (from Lani = heaven/sky) | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Mililanie | Likely an elaboration of the Hawaiian name Mililani, incorporating lani ('heaven, sky, royalty') and commonly interpreted as 'heavenly' or 'royal/heavenly one.' | English, Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Mililany | From Hawaiian elements mili + lani, often interpreted as 'heavenly' or 'heavenly one' (gentle heaven). | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Moani-Ke-Ala | Breeze of the path (fragrant/pathway) | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| Moani-Keala | Compound of Hawaiian moani (fragrance, gentle breeze) and keala (ke + ala: 'the path' or 'the scent'); roughly 'fragrant path' or 'breeze of the path'. | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| Moanikeala | Fragrant (breezy) path | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Moanikeʻala | Fragrance of the ocean (ocean-scented breeze) | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Mohala | To blossom; to open; flower | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| Moke | Varies by origin. Often a nickname with no independent meaning in English; in Polynesian contexts it can be a shortened form of longer names; in African contexts it may derive from a family name. | English, Hawaiian, Polynesian | Boy | — | |
| Mokihana | Name of a fragrant native Hawaiian plant/berry used to make leis; associated with Kauaʻi and island floral tradition. | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Momi | Hawaiian: "pearl"; Japanese: related to 揉み (momi) meaning "kneading/massage" or used as a name element/nickname | Hawaiian, Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Momi-Lani | Pearl of heaven (heavenly pearl) | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Momilani | Heavenly pearl / pearl of heaven (also interpretable as 'royal pearl') | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Na Pualani | The heavenly flowers / heavenly blossoms | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Na'inoʻa | Likely related to Hawaiian ino ('storm, misfortune'); can be interpreted as 'stormy' or 'of storms/trouble' - exact meaning may vary by family/usage. | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| Na-Inoa | From Hawaiian Nā inoa meaning "the names" or "the naming"; related to inoa, 'name'. | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| Na-Lani | The heavens; heavenly, royal | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Na-Pua | The flowers (from Hawaiian nā 'the' + pua 'flower') | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Na-Pua-Lani | The heavenly (royal) flowers | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Naau-Ao | Enlightened heart | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| Nahenahe | Gentle, soft, pleasant, sweet-sounding; melodious | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Naia | Dolphin; also associated with the place-name Naiara (linked to Nájera/Nazareth) | Basque, Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Naiia | Uncertain - possible meanings include 'dolphin' (Hawaiian), association with water nymphs/'naiads' (Greek), or desire/yearning (Basque-derived interpretations). | Basque, Greek, Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Naliaka | Not well established; possibly related to 'wave' (Polynesian root) or to African name elements implying birth/affection | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Namaka | Name of a Hawaiian sea goddess; often interpreted as "the eyes" or associated with the sea. | Hawaiian | Girl | — | |
| Namakah | Associated with the sea; linked to Nāmaka meaning 'eyes' and the sea goddess | Hawaiian | Unisex | — | |
| Nanai | Varies by origin - from the Nanai ethnonym meaning 'local people' or 'the people'; in Japanese the meaning depends on chosen kanji (no single fixed meaning); phonetically similar to Hawaiian 'Nani' meaning 'beautiful'. | Hawaiian, Japanese, Polynesian | Unisex | — |
Aggregated births across United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany for every Hawaiian-origin name in our dataset.
