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Kaholo

Pronounced kah-HOH-loh

“to run swiftly, a gliding hula step”

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kah·HOH·loh

3 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

What does Kaholo mean in Hawaiian?

Kaholo is a Hawaiian boy name that means to run swiftly, a gliding hula step. The name comes from kāholo (to move quickly). It is pronounced kah-HOH-loh, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Kaholo belongs with other Hawaiian names about strength.

The words inside Kaholo

kāholo means to move quickly.

How to pronounce Kaholo

Say every vowel. The vowels in Kaholo are a as in “father”, o as in “go”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Kaholo a boy or girl name?

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

How often Kaholo is given in the U.S.

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

How well recorded is Kaholo?

Kaholo is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Kaholo?

kah-HOH-loh, in 3 syllables, with the stress on HOH.

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

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

What does Kaholo mean in Hawaiian?

to run swiftly, a gliding hula step. It comes from kāholo (to move quickly).

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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