What does Kaimālie mean in Hawaiian?
Kaimālie is a Hawaiian unisex name that means calm sea. The name comes from kai (sea) + mālie (calm). It is pronounced kye-mah-LEE-eh, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kaimālie belongs with other Hawaiian names about ocean and peace.
The words inside Kaimālie
kai means sea, seawater and appears in 12 Hawaiian names, among them Kai, Kailani, Kaimana, ʻAukai.
mālie means calm, quiet, gentle and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Malia, Mālie.
How to pronounce Kaimālie
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kaimālie are a as in “father”, i as “ee”, e as in “bet”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kaimālie a boy or girl name?
Kaimālie is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Kaimālie is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kaimālie, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kaimālie?
Kaimālie is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.