What does ʻAlamea mean in Hawaiian?
ʻAlamea is a Hawaiian girl name that means precious, ripe. The name comes from ʻalamea (precious). It is pronounced ah-lah-MEH-ah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
ʻAlamea belongs with other Hawaiian names about love and beauty.
The words inside ʻAlamea
ʻalamea means precious, choice.
How to pronounce ʻAlamea
Say every vowel. The vowels in ʻAlamea are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in ʻAlamea is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is ʻAlamea a boy or girl name?
ʻAlamea is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 63 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often ʻAlamea is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 63 U.S. babies named ʻAlamea from 2000 to 2023, all girls, counted as Alamea because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 10 of those 24 years. Its peak was 2011, with 8. The 2014 to 2023 total of 25 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In the Hawaiʻi records it never reaches five births of one sex in a year, the level at which a name is listed.
How well recorded is ʻAlamea?
ʻAlamea is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.