What does Kahanu mean in Hawaiian?
Kahanu is a Hawaiian unisex name that means the breath. The name comes from ka (the) + hanu (breath). It is pronounced kah-HAH-noo, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kahanu belongs with other Hawaiian names about life.
The words inside Kahanu
hanu means breath, to breathe.
How to pronounce Kahanu
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kahanu are a as in “father”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kahanu a boy or girl name?
Kahanu is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Kahanu is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kahanu, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kahanu?
Kahanu is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.