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A Hawaiian name is a name in the Hawaiian language. Such names are popular not only in Hawaiian families, but also among hawiian names other residents of Hawaiʻi, and even in the United States hawaiin names mainland among both non-native and native Hawaiians, especially in states such as Utah hawaian names and California. Contents 1 Meanings hawaiian name of Names 2 History of hawaiiian names Namegiving 3 Popularity Surveys 4 List of Hawaiian names 4.1 A 4.2 E 4.3 H 4.4 I 4.5 Ka 4.6 Ke 4.7 Ki, hawaiiannames hawaiien names Ko, Ku 4.8 L 4.9 M 4.10 N 4.11 O 4.12 P 4.13 U 4.14 W 5 References 6 External hawaiian nanes Hawaiia Names Hwaiian Names links Meanings of Names Genuine Hawaiian hawaiian names meanings names are unisex. Their meanings are often symbolic. Mist and coolness symbolize happiness in a hawaiian dog names warm climate. Lei means a child, because a beloved hawaiian names for girls child is carried like a lei on the parent's shoulders. A child can names in hawaiian also be a flower or a bud, list of baby hawaiian names regardless of its sex. Modern parents tend to be more prosaic, calling a child a child, as in Keikilani and hawaiian boys names Kamalani. For many Hawaiian words, the ʻokina ( hawaiian baby girl names glottal stop ) and kahakō (macron to denote a long vowel) are english to hawaiian names important to hawaiian boy names the meaning of a word. They are often ignored in English texts, or ʻokinas added where they don't belong. hawaiian fish names The name list includes warnings about the worst misspellings that can change the names of all hawaiian islands meaning of a name into something unpleasant. History hawaiian family names origin of Namegiving Old Hawaiians coined a new name for each child, with hawaiian pet names careful thought of its meaning. Children could be named after relatives, but names hawaiian summer party invitation names were not copied from other families. Surnames did not exist. In 1860 Kamehameha IV signed hawaiian team names the Act to Regulate Names. Hawaiians were translate hawaiian names to take their father's given name as a surname, and all children born hawaiian girl names henceforth were to receive a list of hawaiian names Christian, i.e. English, given name. Hawaiian names were transferred into middle names. The hawaiian living garden names law was not repealed until 1967. After the annexation of Hawaii to the U.S., hawaiian male names knowledge of the Hawaiian language deteriorated. Grandparents could give traditional names to the next two generations, but a baby born hawaiian names dictionary into hawaiian girls names a Hawaiian family in the 2000's is very unlikely to have any native speaker relatives. The English-speaking environment creates hawaiian islands names of a pressure to melt Hawaiian names hawaiian names near translat into the Western naming system, as an established set of phonemes chosen for their pleasant exotic sound hawaiian names phrases rather than their meaning. Phonetic renderings of Western hawaiian names women names, such as Malia and Keoni, have become names in their alloona hawaiian names own right. The film industry produces pseudo-Hawaiian names, from Aloma of hawaiian last names mau the South Seas (1926) to Lilo&Stitch (2002). Popularity Surveys This information is based on a survey of Hawaiian hawaiian names for boys given names of persons born in what are the names of the hawaiian islands 1900-1989 and 2000-2005, from obituaries in Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star Bulletin 1994-2004, and samples of births and altoona hawaiian names marriages on O'ahu in Honolulu Star Bulletin beautiful hawaiian names 2000-2005. It's a small sample with an uneven age distribution, and centered on O'ahu. But no one else seems to have researched english names to hawaiian the subject framed hawaiian names at all. The 3,750 persons in the survey had a total of 1,996 different names.418 of these names had eight or more syllables hawaiian baby boy names (up to 44).The hawaiian first names meanings proportion of long names was diminishing but it took an upward hawaiian names for pets turn in 2000-2005. Hawaiian names were given as middle names until the 1960's. Even today, middle names outnumber first hawaiian names their meanings names by four to meaning of hawaiian names one. A minority of parents have started giving nothing but Hawaiian names to do hawaiian names mean anything their children. In recent births registered on O'ahu, about 25% of girls and 15% of boys received hawaiian and english names at least one Hawaiian name. Many favorite hawaiian baby girl names and meaning names a hundred years ago, like Kealoha, Kalei, Leialoha, and Keonaona, were popular with both sexes. Today, the trendiest names are different hawaiian baby names for girl for girls and hawaiian baot names boys. 31% of women but only 11% of men had names ending in -lani,-o-ka-lani,-o-nā-lani or (a recent innovation) -mai-ka-lani. 46% hawaiian dictionary names of men but only 33% of women had names beginning with the definite hawaiian female names article Ka-/Ke-. Leilani was the absolute favorite name for women in this hawaiian index of rain names survey. Other popular women's names included: 1900-1939: Kuʻulei, Leinaʻala, Leialoha, Leinani, Leimomi 1940-1969: Puanani, Leialoha, Haunani, ʻIwalani, Uʻilani, Ululani 1970-1989: Malia, Kēhaulani, Kuʻuipo, Maile, Noelani, Puanani 2000-2005: Malia, hawaiian names male Noelani, Māhealani, Kuʻuipo, Alana, Keikilani Kalani was hawaiian names mau a reasonably popular men's name in all age groups. Other popular names hawaiian names translated for free for men included: 1900-1939: Kealoha, Kalei, Kamaka 1940-1969: Keʻala, Kāwika, Kanani, Kameāloha 1970-1989: Ikaika, hawaiian names translated to american Kāwika, Alika, Keola 2000-2005: Kai, hawaiian puppy names Kekoa, Kainoa, Ikaika, Kaimana, Keoni, Makana, Nāinoa The numbers in parentheses after each entry below tell how many times the name hawaiian rain names appeared in the survey ( f hawaiian to english names = female, per 2039; m = male, per 1711). All names with hawaiian translated names at least 3 bearers are included. (-) meanings of hawaiian names means that the name did not appear at all. The Social Security Administration gives out annual lists of nalani hawaiian dictionary names the top hundred names for boys names of hawaiian islands and girls in the State of Hawaii, starting from the year 1960. They are names of the 4 hawaiian islands based on first names while a Hawaiian name usually comes second. popular hawaiian names A few Hawaiian names make it into these lists every year and they are translate english names into hawaiian all noted in the entries below. List of Hawaiian names This list is meant for names borne by at least three real Hawaiian persons, not for name suggestions or assumed names. To help to understand the meaning of the names, words are separated by hyphens. The hyphens should not be used in ordinary text. A ʻAilana– "Loving". NOTE: without the ʻokina,ailana could refer to sexual intercourse. (2f) Akana – Common Hawaiian surname derived from Cantonese informal prefix "Ah" plus some personal name. Used as a given name possibly for family reasons. (2f,2m) Ake-akamai – "Yearning for wisdom" (1f) Akela – Hawaiian for Adele and Asher. (2f ) Alakaʻi – "Leader" (3m) Variant: Ke-alaka'i (1m) Alana – "Awakening".Also Hawaiian for Alan and its feminine form Alana. Included in the top hundred names 1985-2005. (11f,1m) ʻAlani – "Orange tree or fruit" NOTE: alani is a type of brown seaweed (Dictyota), an upland tree (Pelea), or a type of moss. (Alani/ʻAlani 2f) Alapaʻi – Listed as the Hawaiian form of Alfred, but this is a pre-contact, unisex name. (2f,1m) Aliʻi – "Chief" (5m) Aliʻi-loa – "Distant or high chief".(2m) Alika – (M) Hawaiian form of Alex and Alexander. Included in the top hundred names 1998. (9m) Aloha – "Love" (4f, 2m) ʻAlohi– "Shining". (2m) Variant: Ke-ʻalohi (1f) ʻAlohi-lani – "Heavenly brightness". Name of a mythical land. (6f,1m) Amoe – (F) Hawaiian form of Cantonese Amoy (Ah Mooi) "younger sister". (2f) ʻĀnela – (F) "Angel" or Hawaiian for Angela. Included in the top hundred names 1998-2005. (8f) Ānuenue – "Rainbow". (2f,1m) Anu-hea – "Cool fragrance" (3f) Ao-lani– "Heavenly cloud" or "light of heaven". Name of mountains in Polynesia, the most famous being Aoraki/Mount Cook in New Zealand.(-) Variants: Ke-ao-lani (1f,1m), Ke-ō-lani (2f), Ke-ao-o-ka-lani (1m), Ke-aō-ka-lani (1f). ʻAu-kai – "Seafarer" (3m) Variant: Ka-'au-kai (1m) ʻAu-lani – "Royal messenger, heavenly traveller" (6f,1m) ʻAuliʻi – "Dainty, neat" (1f) ʻAwapuhi – "Wild ginger"(Zingiber zerumbet and other species), famous for fragrance in Hawaiian poetry. (-) E ʻEhu-kai – "Sea spray" (4m) Variant: Ka-ʻehu-kai (-) Enoka – (M) Hawaiian for Enoch and Enos.(3m) ʻEwa-lani – (F) "Heavenly woman" (ʻEwa is Hawaiian for Eve, figuratively meaning "woman") (2f). An early twentieth century spelling was Eva-lani(4f) H Haʻaheo– "Cherished with pride" (4m) Hale-a-ka-lā – "House of the sun". For the crater of Maui,Haleakalā. (1f) Haliʻa – "Fond remembrance" NOTE: halia could mean "slow" (1f) Hana-lei – "Lei valley". Place name from Kaua'i also used as a Hawaiian form of Henry.(1m) The official Hawaiian form of Henry is Hanalē .(-) Hanohano – "Glorious". (2m) Hau-nani – "Beautiful snow" (10f) Variant: Ka-hau-nani (-) Hauʻoli – "Happiness" (3f,6m) Hāwea – Place name and a personal name in legends. (1f,1m) Hea-lani – "Heavenly mist" (3f,1m) Hekili – "Thunder" (2m). Variant: Kahekili (2m) Hiapo – "First born". (2m) Hiʻiaka – Name of a goddess, Hiʻiaka,the favorite sister of Pele.(3f) Hiʻi-lani – "Held in the arms of heaven" (5f,1m) Hiʻi-lei – "Cherished child, carried in the arms" (3f) Hilinaʻi – "Trust". (1f,1m) Hina – "Gray; prostrate". Hina is a moon goddess.(2f,1m) Hīnano – "Pandanus flower" (2m). Variant: Ka-hīnano (2f) Hiwahiwa – "Precious" (2f). Variant; Ka-hiwahiwa (1f,1m) Hōkū – "Star".E.g.singer Hōkū Ho.(1f) Hōkū-lani – "Heavenly star" (10f,1m).Variants: Hōkū-o-ka-lani (1f), Ka-hōkū-o-ka-lani (3m). Hoʻokano – "Proud". (3m) Hoʻonani – "Adornment" (1f,1m) Hoʻopiʻi – "Ascent" (2m) Hua-lani – "Heavenly fruit" (3f,1m) Hūʻeu – "Mischievous".E.g. Big Island chiefs. (2m) I ʻIhi-lani – "Sacred one from Heaven" (1m,1f) Ikaika – "Strong". Included in the top hundred names 1980-1995.(1f,21m) ʻIlima – The flower of O'ahu (Sida fallax).(-) Variant: Nā-ʻilima (2f). Ima-i-ka-lani – Name of a blind but victorious legendary chief. (2m) ʻImi-ʻike – "Seeker of knowledge" (1f,1m) Ioane – (M)Hawaiian biblical form of John, often found in nineteenth-century documents. (2m) Iokepa – (M) Hawaiian form of Joseph.(4m) ʻIo-lana – (F) "To soar like a hawk", "soaring hawk".Also Hawaiian form of Yolanda. (2f) ʻIo-lani – "Royal hawk" .Name of Kamehameha II and Kamehameha IV,and of a palace and a school in Honolulu.(1f,1m) Ipo – "Sweetheart" or "lover" (2m) Ipo-lani – "Heavenly sweetheart" (2f). Variants: Ka-ipo-lani (-), Ka-ipō-ka-lani (1m), Kuʻu-ipo-lani (1f). ʻIwa-lani – "Heavenly frigatebird(Fregata minor palmerstoni)",symbolic for "majestic beauty".(13f) Ka Ka-ʻahu-manu– "The bird (feather) cloak", a symbol of royalty.Ka'ahumanu was the favorite wife of King Kamehameha and his de facto successor.(1f) Ka-ʻau-moana – "The seafarer" (1f,3m) Kaena – "Praised" (Kaena/Ka'ena 2f,3m) Ka-ʻena – "The red-hot glow" (Kaena/Ka'ena 2f,3m) Kāʻeo – "Full of knowledge" (4m) Kahaʻi – From the legendary Polynesian navigator,Kahaʻi.(1m) Ka-hala-o-māpuana – "The pandanus of wafted fragrance".A demigoddess, one of the maile sisters. (-) Ka-hale-wai – "The prison; the treasury; the water house".A common surname, might have been chosen as a given name for family reasons.(2f,3m) Ka-hanu-ola – "The breath of life". (1f) Ka-hea-lani – "The heavenly mist" Included in the top hundred names 2005.(11f) Kahiau – "Generous". (1f,1m) Kahiki-lani – "Heavenly Tahiti", name given to mythical lands after the old Hawaiians forgot how to sail to real Tahiti.(1f,1m) Ka-hula – "The hula dancer" (3f) Kai – "Sea". Notice that the boys' name Kai, of Danish origin, is currently fashionable in the UK and U.S.A. Included in the top hundred names for boys in Hawaiʻi 1995-2005. (4f,26m) Kaia – "The sea", as a short form of some long name. The meaning of this name is uncertain. In old documents it might stand for Ka-i'a "the fish". (2f) Ka-ihe – "The spear". (1f,1m) Kaila– "Style", "fashion", "stylish". Kaila is also an American spelling variant of Kayla. Included in the top hundred names for girls 1999-2005. (4f) Kai-lani – "Sea and sky" or "Heavenly seas" (2f) Ka-ʻili – "The skin". Kāʻili "snatcher" was a war god. Ka-ili could mean "wrecked" or "inheritance", but spelled that way it is more probably a variant of Kaylee or Kylie. (Ka'ili/Kā'ili/Kaili 2f,1m) Ka-ʻili-hiwa – "The black skin" (2f,1m) Ka-ʻili-kea – "The fair skin", as of light-skinned Hawaiians. (1f,1m) Kaimana – "Diamond" or "sea filled with Mana " Included in the top hundred names for boys 1993-94, 1999-2005. (2f,12m) Ka-ʻimi – "The seeker". Also the Spanish clover (Desmodium canum). (1f,3m) Ka-ʻimi-naʻau-ao – "The seeker of knowledge".E.g.a sister of King Kalākaua who died in childhood.(2m). Ka-ʻimi-pono – "The seeker of righteousness" (4m) Kaina – "Younger sister of a girl; younger brother of a boy" (2f,2m) Variant with same meaning: Kaikaina (1m) Kai-nalu – "Sea wave" Included in the top hundred names for boys 1996-2005. (7m) Ka-inoa – "The namesake". For example, the grandson of John could be named John Kainoa or Kainoa John. Included in the top hundred names for boys 1991-2005. (14m) Ka-inoa-kupuna – "The namesake of one's grandparent" (2m) Kai-olohia – "Calm sea", figuratively " peace of mind" (1m) Ka-ipo – "The sweetheart" (2f,10m) Ka-ʻiu – "The lofty one" (1m) Ka-ʻiu-lani – "The royal sacred one".Ka'iulani was the last Crown Princess (8f) Ka-ʻiu-pono – "Leader of the righteous".(-) Ka-lā – "The sun". Kala means "free of sorcery";it is also the Hawaiian form of Sarah. (Kalā/Kala 3f,3m) Ka-laʻe – "Clear, bright". (2f) Ka-lā-hiki-ola – "The life-bringing sun"(1f,1m) Ka-la'i – "The peace" (2f,3m) Ka-laʻi-ākea – "The peace spread far". Name of a wind. (-) Ka-lama – "The lama tree",endemic ebony (Diospyros), from which torches were made, hence figuratively "the torch, lamp, enlightenment". Kalama was the Queen of Kamehameha III.Common surname.(1f,3f) Ka-lani – "The sky or heavens; the royal chieftain". Included in the top hundred names for boys 1975-77 and occasionally in 1989-2005. (4f,48m) Ka-lani-kiʻekiʻe – "The royal highness".(1f,1m) Kale – (M) Hawaiian form of Charles. Ka-le'a – "Joy, happiness," but also "orgasm". Kalea would mean "to choke". Usage of both names is quite recent. (Kale'a/Kalea 5f) Ka-lehua-wehe – "The opening lehua". Name of a surf at Waikīkī.(1f,1m) Ka-lei – "The flower wreath" or "The child". A common first part of compound names. (4f,13m) Ka-lei-aliʻi – "The royal child". (-) Ka-lei-aloha – "The beloved child" (4f,3m) Ka-lei-kau-maka – "The child looked upon with love and pride"(1f,6m) Ka-lei-nani – "The beautiful child" (4f,2m) Ka-lei-o-ka-lani – "The child of heaven" (2f,2m). Variant: Ka-lei-lani (2f). Ka-lei-onaona – "The fragrant lei, the lovely child".(-) Ka-lei-wohi – "The high born child".(2f) Ka-lena – "The yellow",a royal color. Also Hawaiian for Karen. Included in the top hundred names 1999, 2003-2004.(3f) Ka-leo – "The voice" (1f,9m) Ka-leo-lani – "The heavenly voice" (4f,5m). Variants: Ka-leō-ka-lani(4m), Ka-leo-o-ka-lani(1m). Kaleponi – "California", presumably for birth there.(2f) Kali – "Hesitation" or "Wait" (usually part of a compound name) (2f) Kalia – Name of a native tree (Elaeocarpus bifidus). (4f) Ka-liko – "The bud" (2f,2m) Variant: Liko (-) Ka-liko-lehua – "The lehua bud" (1m) Kalili – Name of a native violet, also known as nani-Wai'ale'ale (Viola kauaensis). (2f,1m) Ka-lua – "The second one", but also "the pit, outhouse, toilet".Common surname.(2f,3m) Ka-luhi – "The carefully tended one."(2m) Ka-maile – "The maile vine" (3f,2m) Ka-maka – "The eyes; the beloved one; the bud or descendant". Common surname.(3f,5m) Ka-makana-mai-ka-lani – "The gift from heaven". New type of name that can be used to translate Jonathan, Nathaniel, Theodore or Dorothy. (2f,1m). Variants: Ka-makana-mai-ke-akua(1m), Ka-makana-o-ka-lani(1m). Ka-makana-makamae-mai-ka-lani – "The precious gift from heaven". New name. (2f,1m) Ka-māla – "The garden". NOTE: Ka-mala means "aching, sour".(4f) Kama-lani – "Royal child" Included in the top hundred names for girls many times during 1996-2005. (4f) Kama-lei – "Beloved child" (6f,3m) Kamāliʻi – "Prince, princess".NOTE: kamali'i just means "children". (1m) Ka-malu – "The shade; the protected one" (2f,1m) Ka-mea-ʻiʻo-makamae – "The truly precious thing" (1f,1m) Ka-meāloha – "The beloved one".E.g.singer John Kameaaloha Almeida. (2f,4m) Variant: Ka-mea-aloha (-) Kamila – "Camellia" (3f) Kamuela – (M) Hawaiian form of Samuel (10m) Ka-naʻi –"The conqueror" (3m) Ka-naʻi-aupuni – "The conqueror of the nation".A title of Kamehameha, and the name of an old newspaper. (1m) Kanaka-nui – "Big man" (2m) Kanamu – E.g.a surname. Exact spelling not known.(3m) Ka-nani – "Beauty, glory". Common first part of compound names. Included in the top hundred names for girls 1982,2002. (14f,6m) Ka-nani-mau-loa – "The eternal glory".Also the strawflower(Helichrysum bracteatum).(-) Ka-nani-o-kuʻu-home – "The adornment of my home". (1f) Kāne – "Male". One of the four leading gods, a benevolent god of creation. NOTE:Kane is an English name and means a skin disease in Hawaiian. (Kāne/Kane 4m). Kaniela – (M) Hawaiian form of Daniel (5m) Ka-noa – "The free one, commoner" (1f,4m) Ka-noe-lani – "The heavenly mist" (5f,1m) Ka-noe-lehua – "The lehua flower mist" (3f) Ka-ʻohu – "The mist; adorned with leis". (1f) Ka-ʻohu-lani – "The heavenly mist" (1f)Variant: Ka-ʻohu-o-ka-lani (1f) Ka-ʻōpua – "The puffy clouds".(1f,1m) Kāpena – "Captain". Included in the top hundred names for boys 1988.(-) Kāpiʻi-oho – "Curly hair" (1f,2m) Ka-piʻo-lani – "The heavenly arch",i.e. the rainbow. Kapiʻolani was the Queen of King Kalākaua. (4f) Ka-pono – "The righteousness" or "the goodness" (1f,4m) Ka-pua – "The flower" A common first part of compound names.(1f,2m) Kapu-lani – "Chiefly taboo" (1f,2m) Ka-puni – "The favorite".(1f,2m) Ka-ʻuhane – "The soul" (5m) Ka-uʻi – "The youth, the beauty" (4f,1m) Ka-uʻi-o-nā-lani – "The beautiful youth of heaven".(4f).Variants: Ka-u'i-o-ka-lani (1f), Ka-u'i-lani (2f,1m) Kaulana – "Famous" (1f,4m) Kaumana – "Powerful(?)" Kaʻūmana is a place name. (3m) Ka-wai – "The water",symbol of life and wealth. (2f,4m) Ka-wai-lani – "The heavenly water" (5f,1m) Ka-wai-lehua –"The lehua honey". (2f) Ka-wehi – "The decoration; the song".(-) Variant: Ka-wehiwehi (2f). Ka-wehi-o-nā-pua – "The adornment of flowers".(2f) Ka-welo – "The family trait". A legendary chief of Kaua'i. (2m) Ka-wena – "The glow" .E.g. Mary Kawena Puku'i. Included in the top hundred names 2005. (4f) Kāwika – (M) Hawaiian form of David. King David Kalākaua is called Kāwika in chants. Included in the top hundred names 1976-99,2003. (22m) Ka-wohi-kū-kapu-lani – "The high-born chief(ess) surrounded by royal taboo".(-) Ke Kea – "White, clear".(1f) Ke-ahi – "The fire" .Common surname.(2f,4m) Ke-aka – "The shadow, reflection". Also Hawaiian form of Jack.(2f,1m). Ke-aka-o-ka-lani – "The heavenly shadow". (2m) Ke-ala – "The pathway". (Ke'ala/Keala 7f,10m) Ke-ʻala – "The fragrant", symbolic for "esteemed, chiefly".E.g. Kumu Franklin Leonard Ke'ala Kwan. (Ke'ala/Keala 7f,10m) Kea-lani – "Heavenly whiteness" (4f) Ke-aliʻi – "The chief, nobleman". A common first part of compound names. (10m) Ke-aliʻi-ʻau-kai – "The sea-faring chief". (1f,1m). Names with similar meaning: Keli'i-'au-kai (1m), Keli'i-holo-kai (1m), Ke-ali'i-o-ke-kai (1m). Ke-aloha – "Love".Also a common surname. (9f,20m) Ke-aloha-lani – "Heavenly love, mercy" (3f,3m) Variants: Aloha-lani (3f), Ke-aloha-o-ka-lani (1f), Ke-aloha-o-nā-lani (1f). Ke-aloha-pau-ʻole – "Love never ending" (4f) Ke-ʻalohi-lani – "The heavenly brightness". Name of a mythical land, and of a star. (9f,1m) Ke-ani – "The soft breeze".(1f) Ke-anu – "The coolness". e.g. actor Keanu Reeves Included in the top hundred names 1993-2005. (7m) Ke-ānuenue-o-ka-lani – "The rainbow of the sky" (2f) Ke-ao – "The daylight; the cloud" (2f,2m) Ke-awe – "The thread". Name of ancient Big Island chiefs. (6m) Kēhau – "Dew". Name of a gentle land breeze. (2f,1m) Kēhau-lani – "Heavenly dew". Included in the top hundred names 1997. (19f,2m) Kēhau-nani – "Beautiful dew" (2f,1m) Keiki-lani – "Heavenly child" (9f) Variants: Keiki-o-ka-lani (1f,1m), Keiki-o-nā-lani (1f). Keiki-o-ka-ʻāina – "Child of the land" (1m) Kei-lani – "Heavenly glory" (2f) Ke-kai-mālie – "The calm seas". (1f,1m) Ke-kaulike – "The equality". Name of a princess. (2m) Ke-koa – "Brave; the soldier; the koa tree" Included in the top hundred names 1979 and almost every year during 1986-2005. (1f,22m) Ke-kona – "Second" (time unit). More probably Ke-kona "the leeward wind" (1f,2m) Keliʻi – "The chief", contraction of Keali'i. A common first part of compound names and surnames. (13m) Keoki – (M) Hawaiian for George(3m) Ke-ola – "The Life" Included in the top hundred names for boys 1974,1978-79,1981. (2f,17m) Ke-ona – "The attractive one",but also "the mite, louse".(4f,4m) Ke-onaona – "The soft fragrance" (5f,4m) Ke-one – "The sand", poetically "homeland". (3m) Keoni – (M) Hawaiian vernacular form of John. Included in the top hundred names almost every year in 1977-2005. (19m) Kepano – (M) Hawaiian for Stephen.(1f,2m) Ki, Ko, Ku Kiana – (F) Hawaiian form of Diana. E.g.author Kiana Davenport.Included in the top hundred names 1983,1989-2005. (8f) Kiani – "Gently waving" Included in the top hundred names for girls 2002. (3f) Kiele – "Gardenia; fragrance.".The Tahitian cognate, Tiare, is a common girls' name in Hawaii.(1f) Kilohana – "Superior"(2m) Kimo – (M) Hawaiian form of James (6m) Kina – (F) "China (the country)." Hawaiian form of Dinah,Tina and Gina. (1f) Kini – "Multitude". "King",as a loan word and a surname. Also Hawaiian form of Jane,Jean,Jennie,Gene and Dean. (2m) Koa – "Warrior; the koa tree" (6m) Kona – "Leeward",name of a famous wind. Also Hawaiian form of Don and Donna. (1f,1m) Kōnane – "Bright moonlight" (2f) Konapiliahi – "Strong" (3m) Kū – "Upright". One of the four great gods, best known as the god of war. (2m) Kū-aliʻi – "Chief-like, kind". Name of an ancient chief. (2f,1m) Kukuna-o-ka-lā – "Ray of the sun; the mangrove" (1f,1m) Kula-manu – "Plain with birds" (2f) Kū-lani – "Of heavenly nature" (2m). Variant: Ke-kū-lani (-) Kūlia – "Striving, fortunate". Kulia is a Hawaiian form of Julia. (Kūlia/Kulia 2f) Kunāne – "Brother of a girl",an affectionate term. (1m) Kuʻu-aloha – "My love" (3f,4m) Kuʻu-ʻānela-lani – "My heavenly angel" (1f). Variants: Ku'u-'ānela-o-ka-lani (1f), ʻĀnela-lani (1f). Kuʻu-ipo – "My Sweetheart" (21f,2m) Kuʻu-lani –"My king or queen".(1f) Kuʻu-lei – "My lei, beloved child carried on my shoulders". (28f,1m) Kuʻu-lei-aloha – "My beloved child" (6f) Kuʻu-lei-lani – "My heavenly lei or child" (5f,1m) Kuʻu-lei-nani – "My beautiful child" (5f) Kuʻu-momi-makamae – "My precious pearl" (2f) L Laʻa-kea – "Sacred light" (4m) Lahapa – Hawaiian form of Rahab.Possibly also of Hawaiian origin, since it occurs in compound names. (3f). Lāhela – (F) Hawaiian for "Rachel".(6f) Lana – "Afloat" or "Calm as still waters" (1f) Lanakila – "Victory" (1f,2m) Lani – "Sky, heavenly",figuratively "chiefly, royal". Also a common nickname for the numerous names ending in -lani. Such names were not used by commoners in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Included in the top hundred names for girls 1961,1975. (15f,4m) Lea – (F) A mythological goddess of canoe builders. (1f) Lehua – The lehua flower (ʻōhiʻa lehua), figuratively "warrior, friend, expert".(10f,2m) Variant: Ka-lehua (3f,1m) Lehua-nani – "Beautiful lehua" (2f) Lei – "Wreath of flowers",figuratively "a child" (14f,1m) Lei-aloha – "Beloved child" (25f,4m) Lei-hua – "Globe amaranth" (Gomphrena globosa), literally "fruit lei". (2f) Lei-ko – (F)Hawaiian-Japanese hybrid name "lei child", given to women of Japanese ancestry born in the Hawaiian Islands.(6f) Lei-lani – "Heavenly lei",figuratively "royal child" Included in the top hundred names 1961-63 and 1967-2005.(111f,3m) Lei-lehua – "Lei of lehua flowers; talented child". (1f,2m) Variant: Ka-lei-lehua (1m), Nā-lei-lehua (1f). Lei-mamo – "Lei of mamo feathers", figuratively "rare and precious child".(2f,1m) Variant: Ka-lei-mamo (1m) Lei-momi – "Pearl necklace" (19f) Variants: Ka-lei-momi (2f), Ku'u-lei-momi (3f) Leina-ʻala – "Gust of fragrance" (29f) Lei-nani – "Beautiful child" (11f,1m) Leo-lani – "Heavenly voice".Le'olani would mean "chiefly height". (3f,2m) Lī – "Chill". Fairly recent use as a middle name suggests that it could also be a form of Lee .(3f,1m) Līhau – "Cool and fresh" Name of a gentle rain. (3f) Liʻiliʻi – "Small". After a given name of either sex, similar to "Junior".(1f,1m) Variant: Liʻi (-) Likeke – (M) Hawaiian form of Richard (4m) Līlia – "Lily", a loan word. (3f) Lili-noe – "Fine mist".A goddess of mists. (4f) Lilo – (F) "To be lost".Lilo & Stitch is a Disneyworld invention. The name has not been used in Hawaii. (-) Lī-loa – "Long time ago". An ancient chief. (2m) Loke – "Rose",as a name and a loan word. (3f) Loke-lani – "Heavenly rose" (11f.) An early twentieth century spelling was Roselani(4f) Lono – "News, remembrance". God of agriculture and fertility.(1f,1m) Lopaka – (M) Hawaiian form of Robert. (6m) Luana – "Content, at ease". Name of a fictitious princess in the play/film "Bird of Paradise" 1912/1932. (7f) Luka – Hawaiian form of Ruth and Luke. (1f,2m) M Māhea-lani – "Heavenly haze; full moon night".E.g.Brook Māhealani Lee,Miss Universe 1997. Included in the top hundred names for girls 1998-99, 2002. (17f,2m) Mahi-ʻai – "Farmer".(1f,1m) Mahina – "Moon" or "Moonlight". Included in the top hundred names 2003. (3f) Maikaʻi – "Good".(1m) Maile – "The maile vine",appearing as four sweet-scented sisters in legend. Included in the top hundred names 1967-2005. (20f) Maile-lau-liʻi – "Small leaf maile", one of the plant forms and a demigoddess. (1f) Maka– "Eyes",figuratively "beloved"; "bud",figuratively "child".(2f,1m) Maka-ʻala – "Eyes wide awake, watchful".Also suggested as a translation of Gregory.NOTE: maka-ʻalā means "blind".(-) Variant: Ka-maka-ʻala (1m). Ma-kai – "Seaward". Recent usage.(1f,2m) Makala-pua – "Blossoming forth" (-) Makamae – "Precious" (4f,1m) Makana – "Gift" Included in the top hundred names for boys in 2000,2002,2004. (5f,7m) Variant: Ka-makana (3m) Makani – "Wind", sometimes symbolic for "anger". (2f,1m) Variant: Ka-makani (2m) Maka-nui – "Big eyes",figuratively "important, greatly loved".(1f,2m) Maka-o-ka-lani – "Heavenly eyes; royal bud or child". (1m) Variants: Ka-maka-o-ka-lani (-), Nā-maka-o-ka-lani (2m), Maka-lani (1m). Makoa – "Fearless" Included in the top hundred names for boys 2002. (5m) Mālama – "To take care of; fidelity". Malama means "light" or "moon". (Mālama/Malama 1f) Maleka – (F) Hawaiian form of Martha,also an old word for America.(4f) Malia – (F) Hawaiian biblical form of Mary. Included in the top hundred names 1965-2005. (42f) Mālia-lani – "Heavenly calm". Malia-lani "Heavenly Mary" is also used as a name. (-) Mālie – "Calm". (1f) Malina – "Calming" or "soothing" (2f) Maluhia – "Peace".(2f). Variant: Ka-maluhia (1m). Malu-lani – "Heavenly shade or protection". Star name and ship name.(3f,1m) Variants: Ka-malu-o-ka-lani (1f), Ka-malu-o-nā-lani (1f). Mamo – The black-and-yellow Hawaiian honeycreeper (Drepanis pacifica), highly prized for its feathers and now extinct; also "safflower" and "descendant".(1f) Variant with archaic article: Ke-mamo (-) Mana – "Supernatural power,mana."(2f,2m) Variant: Ka-mana (1m) Manu – "Bird" (1f,2m) Manuia – E.g. an ancient chief. (3m) Māpuana – "Fragrance" (8f,1m) Māui – From the demigod, Māui (2m) Mauna-kea – "White mountain",the snow-topped Mauna Kea,the highest mountain of Hawaiʻi. (1m) Mea-liʻi – "Little one" (1f) Mele – (F) Hawaiian vernacular form of Mary. Also a Hawaiian word "song, chant" (3f) Melia – "Plumeria" Included in the top hundred names 2000-2001. (2f) Mikaʻele – Hawaiian for Michael,Michaela and related names. (1f,1m). Variant, also unisex: Mikala (1m). Mikiʻala – "Alert" (2f) Mili-lani – "Caressed of heaven, favorite" (5f) Moana – "Ocean" (8f,4m) Moani – "Fragrant breeze" (3f) Moani-ke-ʻala – "The fragrance is wind-blown" (1f) Mokihana – Name of the flower of Kaua'i (Pelea anisata), with berries strung into leis.(5f) Momi – "Pearl" (6f,1m) Momi-lani– "Heavenly pearl" (6f) N Naʻau-ao – "Daylight mind, knowledge". (1f,1m) Nahenahe – "Soft, gentle" (1f) Nai'a – "Porpoise" Included in the top hundred names for girls 2002. (1f,1m) Nā-inoa – "The namesakes". Similar to Kainoa. E.g.navigator Nāinoa Thompson.Included in the top hundred names 1994, 1998-2002.2005. (12m) Nā-lani – "The Heavens" Included in the top hundred names 2001.(10f,3m). Nanea – "Fascinating" Included in the top hundred names 2005. (3f) Nani – "Beauty" or "Splendor".Common ending of given names.(9f,1m). Nā-pua – "The flowers" (3f,1m) Nā-pua-lani – "The heavenly flowers" (5f) Noa – (M) "Freed of taboo; a commoner". Also Hawaiian form of Noah. Included in the top hundred names 2001. (2m) Noe – "Mist" or "misty rain" or "misty" (2f) Variant: Ka-noe (1f). Noʻeau – "Clever, artistic". (1m) Variant: Ka-noʻeau (1m) Noe-lani – "Mist of heaven" Included in the top hundred names 1980. (23f,1m) Nohea – "Handsome", "lovely" (4f,5m) Nohea-lani – "Beauty from Heaven" (3f) Nohelani – E.g. singer Nohelani Cypriano. (4f) O Ohana – "Family" Onaona – "Soft fragrance; gentle and attractive" (2f) P Pā-ʻana-a-ka-lā – "Sunshine".(-) Pahu-kula – "Golden casket".(1m) Variant: Ka-pahu-kula (-) Pali – "Cliff", symbolic for handsome.(2m) Pali-kapu – "Sacred cliff" (2m) Pau-ahi – "Consumed by fire; putting out a fire". Name of a star.Bernice Pauahi Bishop was the last heir to King Kamehameha. (4f,2m) Paulo – (M) Hawaiian form of Paul. (3m) Piʻi-kea – "The life ascends". A chiefess of Maui.(3f,1m) Piʻi-lani – "Heavenly ascent". A chief of Maui. (7f) Pili-aloha – "Beloved companion" (1f,1m) Pōhai-ke-aloha – "Love encircles" (1f,1m) Pōhaku – "Stone". Sometimes used as a translation of Peter. (2m) Pōmaikaʻi – "Good fortune" (2f,3m) Poʻo-kela – "Outstanding" (4m) Pua – "Flower",figuratively "child". (4f,2m) Pua-lani – "Heavenly flower" (13f,1m).Variant with similar meaning: Ka-pua-o-ka-lani (2f,1m). Pua-mana – "Flower with branches, the horseweed; child with mana".(3f) Pua-nani – "Beautiful flower" (23f) Pumehana – "Warm-hearted". (2f) Puna – "Spring of water" (1f,1m) Puna-hele – "Favorite",literally "spring that goes on". (1f,2m) Pūnohu – "Rising mist". (1m) U Uʻi-lani – "Heavenly young beauty" (11f) Ulu-lani – "Heavenly inspiration".An ancient chiefess. (15f) Ulu-wehi – "Lush and beautiful verdure" (4f). Variant: Ka-ulu-wehi (1f). W Wahine-ʻau-kai – "Sea-faring woman" (-) Variant: Ka-wahine-ʻau-kai(-) Wai-anu-hea – "Misty cool water" (-) Wai-lani – "Heavenly water" (1f) Wai-ola – "Water of life". Also Hawaiian form of Viola.(3f) Variant: Ka-wai-ola (1f,1m) Wai-puna – "Spring water",symbolic for sweetheart.(1m)Variant: Ka-wai-puna (-) References Eileen M.Root: Hawaiian Names - English Names.1987.Press Pacifica Mary Kawena Puku'i and Samuel H.Elbert: Hawaiian Dictionary.1986. University of Hawaii Press. Mary Kawena Puku'i and Samuel H.Elbert: Hawaiian Dictionary.1971.University of Hawaii Press. External links Hawaiian name edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Find your name in Hawaiian Popular Baby Names by State Traditional Hawaiian Names Hawaiian Naming Practices Search Term: "Hawaiian_name" Categories: Lists of given names | Hawaiian language | Names by culture