What does Kahua mean in Hawaiian?
Kahua is a Hawaiian boy name that means foundation, site, principle. The name comes from kahua (foundation). It is pronounced kah-HOO-ah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kahua belongs with other Hawaiian names about strength and earth.
The words inside Kahua
kahua means foundation, site.
How to pronounce Kahua
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kahua are a as in “father”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kahua a boy or girl name?
Kahua is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kahua is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kahua, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kahua?
Kahua is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.