What does Kaʻahumanu mean?
Kaʻahumanu is a Hawaiian girl name that means the feather cloak. The name comes from ka (the) + ʻahu (cloak) + manu (bird). It is pronounced kah-ah-hoo-MAH-noo, with 5 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Queen Kaʻahumanu, favorite wife of Kamehameha I and later regent.
Kaʻahumanu belongs with other Hawaiian names about royalty and bird.
How to pronounce Kaʻahumanu
Say every vowel. A as in “father”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, o as in “go”, u as “oo”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Kaʻahumanu is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kaʻahumanu a boy or girl name?
Kaʻahumanu is used mainly as a girl's name. Like most Hawaiian names it has no grammatical gender, so it can be given to any child, but modern usage leans feminine.