What does Hekili mean in Hawaiian?
Hekili is a Hawaiian boy name that means thunder. The name comes from hekili (thunder). It is pronounced heh-KEE-lee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Hekili belongs with other Hawaiian names about sky and strength.
The words inside Hekili
hekili means thunder and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Kahekili.
How to pronounce Hekili
Say every vowel. The vowels in Hekili are e as in “bet”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Hekili a boy or girl name?
Hekili is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Hekili is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Hekili, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Hekili?
Hekili is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.