Hawaiian Names Meaning Earth, Land, or Home

ʻĀina is the land that feeds, one is sand, and hale is home. These names root a child to place.

Spotlight · names meaning earth

Ailana
“island (from the English loanword)”
ʻailana (island)
eye-LAH-nahGirl
Akamu
“Hawaiian form of Adam”
borrowed from Adam (earth)
ah-KAH-mooBoy
Hale
“house”
hale (house)
HAH-lehBoy

Updated September 26, 2026

27 names · 4 girl · 13 boy · 10 unisex

The Hawaiian words for earth

These are the words the names below are built from. Each links to a definition and every name that uses it.

More words for earth: kumu (source), ʻohe (bamboo), pali (cliff), ʻailana (island), ākea (broad), ʻili (skin), iwi (bone), kahua (foundation), kapa (border), kekona (second), kenikeni (ten cents), kīhei (shawl), kini (multitude), kona (leeward), lālani (row), mahi (to cultivate), mahiʻai (farmer), mala (garden), mānoa (thick), moku (island), ʻole (without), one (sand), paʻa (firm), pau (finished), uhi (to cover), ʻumi (ten), hono (bay), kula (gold), pōhaku (rock).

Ocean
Ailana
“island (from the English loanword)”
Pronounced eye-LAH-nah
Girl
Borrowed
Akamu
“Hawaiian form of Adam”
Pronounced ah-KAH-moo
Boy
Hawaiian
Hale
“house”
Pronounced HAH-leh
Boy
Hawaiian
Kahale
“the house, the home”
Pronounced kah-HAH-lehka + hale
Boy
Hawaiian
Keoki
“Hawaiian form of George”
Pronounced keh-OH-kee
Boy
Ocean
Keone
“the sand, the homeland”
Pronounced keh-OH-nehke + one
Boy
Hawaiian
Kiona
“brown hills (popular reading), modern name”
Pronounced kee-OH-nah
Girl
Peace
Lono
“god of agriculture, rain, fertility and peace”
Pronounced LOH-noh
Boy
Hawaiian
Pele
“lava, the volcano goddess”
Pronounced PEH-leh
Girl
Hawaiian
ʻĀina
“land, that which feeds”
Pronounced AH-ee-nah
Unisex
Moon
Hilo
“new moon, to braid or twist”
Pronounced HEE-loh
Boy
Hawaiian
Kaʻanā
“the cave (chiefly name from Molokaʻi legends)”
Pronounced kah-ah-NAHka + ana
Boy
Ocean
Kahakai
“the seashore, the beach”
Pronounced kah-hah-KYE
Unisex
Strength
Kahua
“foundation, site, principle”
Pronounced kah-HOO-ah
Boy
Strength
Kaiwi
“the bone, ancestral link”
Pronounced KYE-veeka + iwi
Boy
Love
Kamaʻāina
“native-born, child of the land”
Pronounced kah-mah-AH-ee-nahkama + ʻāina
Unisex
Hawaiian
Kāneʻohe
“bamboo man”
Pronounced kah-neh-OH-hehkāne + ʻohe
Unisex
Strength
Kapali
“the cliff”
Pronounced kah-PAH-leeka + pali
Boy
Hawaiian
Kīhei
“shawl, cape, a town on Maui”
Pronounced KEE-hay
Boy
Hawaiian
Kīlauea
“spewing, much spreading, the active volcano”
Pronounced kee-low-EH-ah
Unisex
Hawaiian
Lahaina
“cruel sun, the old royal capital on Maui”
Pronounced lah-HYE-nahlā + hainā
Unisex
Flower
Lehuakona
“lehua blossom of Kona”
Pronounced leh-hoo-ah-KOH-nah
Girl
Nature
Mahiʻai
“farmer, one who cultivates”
Pronounced mah-hee-AH-ee
Boy
Hawaiian
Mānoa
“vast, deep, a valley in Honolulu”
Pronounced MAH-noh-ah
Unisex
Hawaiian
Pali
“cliff”
Pronounced PAH-lee
Unisex
Water
Waimea
“reddish water”
Pronounced wye-MEH-ahwai + mea
Unisex
Water
Waipiʻo
“curved water, the sacred valley of Hawaiʻi Island”
Pronounced wye-PEE-ohwai + piʻo
Unisex

Other meanings

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 Hawaiian girl names mean earth?

Ailana (island (from the English loanword)), Kiona (brown hills (popular reading), modern name), Pele (lava, the volcano goddess), Lehuakona (lehua blossom of Kona).

What Hawaiian boy names mean earth?

Akamu (Hawaiian form of Adam), Hale (house), Kahale (the house, the home), Keoki (Hawaiian form of George), Keone (the sand, the homeland), Lono (god of agriculture, rain, fertility and peace).