What does Kaʻanoʻi mean in Hawaiian?
Kaʻanoʻi is a Hawaiian unisex name that means the beloved, the cherished one. The name comes from ka (the) + ʻanoʻi (desire, beloved). It is pronounced kah-ah-NOH-ee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kaʻanoʻi belongs with other Hawaiian names about love.
The words inside Kaʻanoʻi
ʻanoʻi means desire, beloved.
How to pronounce Kaʻanoʻi
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kaʻanoʻi are a as in “father”, o as in “go”, i as “ee”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Kaʻanoʻi is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kaʻanoʻi a boy or girl name?
Kaʻanoʻi is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Kaʻanoʻi is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kaʻanoʻi, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kaʻanoʻi?
Kaʻanoʻi is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.