Meaning & Origin
A female given name from Hawaiian, of 1970s and later American usage.
Kiana is a girl's and boy's baby name of Hawaiian origin, the Hawaiian form of Diana — the Roman goddess of the hunt and moon — adapted through Hawaiian phonology. In Hawaiian, the name has a natural, melodic flow that the original Latin Diana does not quite match.
With over 26,000 U.S. births, Kiana has established itself as a modern classic. It has been used in Hawaii since the 1970s and spread to the mainland through the broader appreciation of Hawaiian names. It carries the moonlit, hunting goddess energy of Diana filtered through the warm Pacific island lens. Bright, lyrical, and genuinely beautiful.