What does Kahiwa mean in Hawaiian?
Kahiwa is a Hawaiian unisex name that means choice, precious, esteemed. The name comes from ka (the) + hiwa (choice, prized). It is pronounced kah-HEE-vah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kahiwa belongs with other Hawaiian names about love and royalty.
The words inside Kahiwa
hiwa means choice, prized, esteemed.
How to pronounce Kahiwa
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kahiwa are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. A w after i or e is pronounced like a v. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kahiwa a boy or girl name?
Kahiwa is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Kahiwa is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kahiwa, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kahiwa?
Kahiwa is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.