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Kaimana

Pronounced kye-MAH-nah

“power of the sea, diamond”

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Say it

kye·MAH·nah

3 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

Built from

kaisea+manapower

What does Kaimana mean in Hawaiian?

Kaimana is a Hawaiian unisex name that means power of the sea, diamond. The name comes from kai (sea) + mana (power), also the Hawaiian word for diamond. It is pronounced kye-MAH-nah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Kaimana belongs with other Hawaiian names about ocean and strength.

The words inside Kaimana

kai means sea, seawater and appears in 12 Hawaiian names, among them Kai, Kailani, ʻAukai, Kaikoa.

mana means spiritual power, authority and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Mana, Kamana.

How to pronounce Kaimana

Say every vowel. The vowels in Kaimana are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Kaimana a boy or girl name?

Kaimana is listed here as unisex. Of the 1,087 U.S. babies given it, 13% were girls and 87% boys.

How often Kaimana is given in the U.S.

Social Security records show 1,087 U.S. babies named Kaimana from 1984 to 2023 (146 girls, 941 boys). It appears in 38 of those 40 years. Its peak came in 2022, with 64, and 463 were born from 2014 to 2023. In Hawaiʻi itself, 533 babies born in the state were named Kaimana from 1986 to 2021, with a peak of 30 in 2007. 157 were born there from 2012 to 2021.

How well recorded is Kaimana?

Kaimana has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Kaimana?

kye-MAH-nah, in 3 syllables, with the stress on MAH.

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

Kaimana is unisex. Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender, and this one is given to both boys and girls.

What does Kaimana mean in Hawaiian?

power of the sea, diamond. It comes from kai (sea) + mana (power), also the Hawaiian word for diamond.

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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