Timothy · English boy’s name

Timothy in Hawaiian is Kimokeo

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when T became K, Y became I, and a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together.

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kee·moh·KEH·oh

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Timothy in Hawaiian?

Timothy is Kimokeo in Hawaiian, said kee-moh-KEH-oh.

How Timothy became Kimokeo

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Timothy T became K, Y became I, and a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together. Hawaiian does not run two consonants together, and every syllable ends on a vowel.

Kimokeo has a page of its own as a Hawaiian given name, with its popularity and the names it is usually paired with.

How to say Kimokeo

Say it kee-moh-KEH-oh, leaning on KEH, sounding every vowel: i as “ee”, o as in “go”, e as in “bet”. The pronunciation guide covers the whole system.

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What is Timothy in Hawaiian?

Timothy is Kimokeo in Hawaiian, pronounced kee-moh-KEH-oh. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Kimokeo?

kee-moh-KEH-oh, with the stress on KEH.

Why does Kimokeo look so different from Timothy?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Timothy, T became K, Y became I, and a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together.

Is Kimokeo a real Hawaiian name?

Yes, as a borrowed name. Hawaiian families have used Kimokeo since the 1800s, but it is Timothy respelled, not a name built from Hawaiian words.

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