MoanaName meaning and origin
Moana is a unisex name of Māori origin. Its traditional meaning is “ocean, sea”.
Moana at a glance
- Meaning
- ocean, sea
- Origin
- Māori
- Gender
- Unisex
- Letters
- 5
- First letter
- M
How popular is Moana in Australia?
Moana has not appeared in the published NSW top 100 boys or girls lists from 1952 to 2025, so it is a less common choice in NSW.
Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Popular Baby Names 1952 to 2025 (Data.NSW, data as at 26 March 2026). The list covers the top 100 names for each sex per year in NSW only. See popular baby names for the full 2025 top 20.
Names similar to Moana
Other Māori names:
- NgaioMāori
- NikauMāori
- OraMāori
- RangiMāori
- RawiriMāori
- TamaMāori
- TamatiMāori
- TāneMāori
- TūīMāori
- WiremuMāori
- AnaheraMāori
- ArikiMāori
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