What does ʻIlima mean in Hawaiian?
ʻIlima is a Hawaiian girl name that means the ʻilima flower, emblem of Oʻahu. The name comes from ʻilima (Sida fallax). It is pronounced ee-LEE-mah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
ʻIlima belongs with other Hawaiian names about flower.
The words inside ʻIlima
ʻilima means ʻilima flower.
How to pronounce ʻIlima
Say every vowel. The vowels in ʻIlima are i as “ee”, a as in “father”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in ʻIlima is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is ʻIlima a boy or girl name?
ʻIlima is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 37 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often ʻIlima is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 37 U.S. babies named ʻIlima from 1976 to 2023, all girls, counted as Ilima because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 6 of those 48 years. Its peak was 1976, with 7. The 2014 to 2023 total of 7 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In the Hawaiʻi records it never reaches five births of one sex in a year, the level at which a name is listed.
How well recorded is ʻIlima?
ʻIlima is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.