What does Kaiwi mean in Hawaiian?
Kaiwi is a Hawaiian boy name that means the bone, ancestral link. The name comes from ka (the) + iwi (bone, lineage). It is pronounced KYE-vee, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kaiwi belongs with other Hawaiian names about strength and earth.
The words inside Kaiwi
iwi means bone.
How to pronounce Kaiwi
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kaiwi are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. A w after i or e is pronounced like a v. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kaiwi a boy or girl name?
Kaiwi is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kaiwi is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kaiwi, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kaiwi?
Kaiwi has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.