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Haʻaheo

Pronounced hah-ah-HEH-oh

“proud, cherished with pride”

Say it

hah·ah·HEH·oh

4 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

What does Haʻaheo mean in Hawaiian?

Haʻaheo is a Hawaiian unisex name that means proud, cherished with pride. The name comes from haʻaheo (proud). It is pronounced hah-ah-HEH-oh, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Haʻaheo belongs with other Hawaiian names about strength.

The words inside Haʻaheo

haʻaheo means proud, cherished.

How to pronounce Haʻaheo

Say every vowel. The vowels in Haʻaheo are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”, o as in “go”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Haʻaheo is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Haʻaheo a boy or girl name?

Haʻaheo is listed here as unisex. Of the 21 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.

How often Haʻaheo is given in the U.S.

Social Security records show 21 U.S. babies named Haʻaheo from 2002 to 2023, all boys, counted as Haaheo because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 4 of those 22 years. Its peak was 2014, with 6. The 2014 to 2023 total of 16 is more than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 16 babies born in the state were named Haʻaheo from 2002 to 2021, with a peak of 6 in 2014. 11 were born there from 2012 to 2021.

How well recorded is Haʻaheo?

Haʻaheo has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Haʻaheo?

hah-ah-HEH-oh, in 4 syllables, with the stress on HEH.

Is Haʻaheo a girl's or a boy's name?

Haʻaheo is unisex. Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender, and this one is given to both boys and girls.

What does Haʻaheo mean in Hawaiian?

proud, cherished with pride. It comes from haʻaheo (proud).

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

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