What does ʻIʻiwi mean in Hawaiian?
ʻIʻiwi is a Hawaiian girl name that means the scarlet honeycreeper. The name comes from ʻiʻiwi (Drepanis coccinea). It is pronounced ee-EE-vee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
ʻIʻiwi belongs with other Hawaiian names about bird and fire.
The words inside ʻIʻiwi
ʻiʻiwi means scarlet honeycreeper.
How to pronounce ʻIʻiwi
Say every vowel. The vowels in ʻIʻiwi are i as “ee”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in ʻIʻiwi is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. A w after i or e is pronounced like a v. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is ʻIʻiwi a boy or girl name?
ʻIʻiwi is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often ʻIʻiwi is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named ʻIʻiwi, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is ʻIʻiwi?
ʻIʻiwi is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.