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Kahale

Pronounced kah-HAH-leh

“the house, the home”

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Say it

kah·HAH·leh

3 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

Built from

kathe+halehouse

What does Kahale mean in Hawaiian?

Kahale is a Hawaiian boy name that means the house, the home. The name comes from ka (the) + hale (house). It is pronounced kah-HAH-leh, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Kahale belongs with other Hawaiian names about earth.

The words inside Kahale

hale means house, home and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Hale, Haleakalā.

How to pronounce Kahale

Say every vowel. The vowels in Kahale are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Kahale a boy or girl name?

Kahale is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.

How often Kahale is given in the U.S.

No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kahale, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.

How well recorded is Kahale?

Kahale has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Kahale?

kah-HAH-leh, in 3 syllables, with the stress on HAH.

Is Kahale a girl's or a boy's name?

Kahale is used mainly as a boy name, though Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender and it can be given to any child.

What does Kahale mean in Hawaiian?

the house, the home. It comes from ka (the) + hale (house).

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

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