Mana

In Hawaiian, spiritual power or authority; in Japanese, the meaning depends on the characters.

Mana has more than one linguistic background. In Hawaiian, mana refers to spiritual or divine power and authority. In Japanese, Mana is also a given name, but its meaning comes from the chosen characters: the Latin letters alone cannot supply one translation. That distinction matters when exploring the history of a name in your family. 真奈 is one attested Japanese spelling read Mana, rather than a universal spelling for everyone with the name. In Hawaiian, mana must also be distinguished from māna and mānā, whose vowel marks change the word. The repeated a vowels and the soft meeting of m and n give Mana a warm, unhurried feel. It may appeal if you like an uncluttered name without a sharp consonant ending. Both male and female use are attested across its different contexts; that does not mean the name has the same gender associations everywhere.

Etymology: Hawaiian mana and the Japanese given name Mana belong to different linguistic contexts. The same Latin spelling does not give them a shared derivation.