What does Hōkūao mean in Hawaiian?
Hōkūao is a Hawaiian unisex name that means morning star. The name comes from hōkū (star) + ao (dawn). It is pronounced hoh-koo-OW, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Hōkūao belongs with other Hawaiian names about star, light and sky.
The words inside Hōkūao
hōkū means star and appears in 5 Hawaiian names, among them Hōkū, Hōkūlani, Kahōkū, Hōkūleʻa.
ao means daylight, dawn, cloud and appears in 4 Hawaiian names, among them Aolani, Keao, Naʻauao.
How to pronounce Hōkūao
Say every vowel. The vowels in Hōkūao are o as in “go”, u as “oo”, a as in “father”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Hōkūao a boy or girl name?
Hōkūao is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Hōkūao is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Hōkūao, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Hōkūao?
Hōkūao is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.