Can you please tell me what the name Malia means? I know its origin is Hawaiian, but I have been unable to find out what it means, and I feel like I have looked everywhere! Thanks so much!

-- Jennifer Bates (jenbates@juno.com), January 24, 1999

Answers

Malia can mean Maria, Marion, Mario, or Myra.

Try this site to find the meaning of Hawaiian names and the Hawaiina name for an English name (http://www.hisurf.com/cgi-bin/DM/ hawaiian_name.cgi ).

-- Roy Inouye (roy@bothi.com), January 24, 1999.

Malia can also mean calm

-- Christine L. Keliikuli (CKeliikuli@aol.com), January 30, 1999.

Malia can mean Mary

-- Christine L. Keliikuli (CKeliiuli@aol.com), January 30, 1999.