What is Joe in Hawaiian?
Joe is Keō in Hawaiian, said KEH-oh.
How Joe became Keō
Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Joe J fell away, and the final e became o.
Keō as a Hawaiian name
Keō is not only a borrowed spelling. It reads as Hawaiian in its own right, meaning “the answer, the continuation”, and it is given as a boy's name in Hawaiʻi today. Its own page has the full meaning, the word it is built from, and names that go with it.
How to say Keō
Say it KEH-oh, leaning on KEH, sounding every vowel: e as in “bet”, o as in “go”. A vowel with a line over it, the kahakō, is held about twice as long. The pronunciation guide covers the whole system.