What does Kaʻimi mean in Hawaiian?
Kaʻimi is a Hawaiian unisex name that means the seeker. The name comes from ka (the) + ʻimi (to seek). It is pronounced kah-EE-mee, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kaʻimi belongs with other Hawaiian names about wisdom and hope.
The words inside Kaʻimi
ʻimi means to seek, to search.
How to pronounce Kaʻimi
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kaʻimi are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Kaʻimi is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kaʻimi a boy or girl name?
Kaʻimi is listed here as unisex. Of the 69 U.S. babies given it, 38% were girls and 62% boys.
How often Kaʻimi is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 69 U.S. babies named Kaʻimi from 1980 to 2023 (26 girls, 43 boys), counted as Kaimi because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 12 of those 44 years. Its peak was 2006, with 9. The 2014 to 2023 total of 16 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 10 babies born in the state were named Kaʻimi from 1997 to 2021, with a peak of 5 in 1997. No year after 2008 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Kaʻimi?
Kaʻimi has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.