It appears that the change has been made because if you put the name Moana into Google in Italy you’re unlikely to get a Disney owned webpage.
Throughout Europe, the name of the title character isn’t Moana, it’s Vaiana.
While the title could be changed for any number of reasons, what lends credence to this theory is that the title isn’t the only thing changing.
We can guess we’ll never have a Disney princess named Jemma Jameson either.
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