What does Kainalu mean in Hawaiian?
Kainalu is a Hawaiian boy name that means billowing sea, surf. The name comes from kai (sea) + nalu (wave). It is pronounced kye-NAH-loo, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kainalu belongs with other Hawaiian names about ocean and water.
The words inside Kainalu
kai means sea, seawater and appears in 12 Hawaiian names, among them Kai, Kailani, Kaimana, ʻAukai.
nalu means wave, surf and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Nalu.
How to pronounce Kainalu
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kainalu are a as in “father”, i as “ee”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kainalu a boy or girl name?
Kainalu is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 632 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Kainalu is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 632 U.S. babies named Kainalu from 1991 to 2023, all boys. It appears every year from 1991 on. Its peak was 2003, with 32. The 2014 to 2023 total of 183 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 435 babies born in the state were named Kainalu from 1991 to 2021, with a peak of 26 in 2006. 91 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Kainalu?
Kainalu has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.