What does ʻEhu mean in Hawaiian?
ʻEhu is a Hawaiian boy name that means sea spray, reddish hair. The name comes from ʻehu (sea spray, reddish hair). It is pronounced EH-hoo, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
ʻEhu belongs with other Hawaiian names about ocean.
The words inside ʻEhu
ehu means spray, mist and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Kaʻehu, Ehukai.
How to pronounce ʻEhu
Say every vowel. The vowels in ʻEhu are e as in “bet”, u as “oo”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in ʻEhu is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is ʻEhu a boy or girl name?
ʻEhu is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often ʻEhu is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named ʻEhu, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is ʻEhu?
ʻEhu has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.