What does Kahiau mean in Hawaiian?
Kahiau is a Hawaiian unisex name that means to give generously without expecting return. The name comes from kahiau (selfless giving). It is pronounced kah-hee-OW, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kahiau belongs with other Hawaiian names about gift and love.
The words inside Kahiau
kahiau means to give generously.
How to pronounce Kahiau
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kahiau are a as in “father”, i as “ee”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kahiau a boy or girl name?
Kahiau is listed here as unisex. Of the 229 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Kahiau is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 229 U.S. babies named Kahiau from 1995 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 24 of those 29 years. Its peak came in 2022, with 26, and 119 were born from 2014 to 2023. In Hawaiʻi itself, 133 babies born in the state were named Kahiau from 1995 to 2021, with a peak of 12 in 2009. 52 were born there from 2012 to 2021. It is listed here as unisex, but every recorded U.S. birth has been a boy.
How well recorded is Kahiau?
Kahiau is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.