Entry № 8340 · Hawaiian origin

Pua Pua — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ POO-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hawaiian
Meaning
"Flower, blossom"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Hawaiian)

A name that means "flower, blossom".

Pua is the Hawaiian word for "flower" or "blossom." A simple, traditional Hawaiian feminine name.

Pua is widely used in Hawaii.

Flower. The Hawaiian blossom.

The name in its native script.

Pua
Transliteration
Pua
Pronunciation
/ ˈpuː.ə /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Pua stands.

Pua does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Puas before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Pua
Moana's pet pig in Moana.
2016 Disney film

Names connected to Pua.

The number behind Pua.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Pua reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.