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Kakalina

Pronounced kah-kah-LEE-nah

“Hawaiian form of Katherine”

Katherine in HawaiianMore girl names

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kah·kah·LEE·nah

4 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

What does Kakalina mean in Hawaiian?

Kakalina is a Hawaiian girl name that means Hawaiian form of Katherine. It is pronounced kah-kah-LEE-nah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Kakalina belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.

Katherine in Hawaiian

Kakalina is the Hawaiian form of Katherine, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Katherine means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Katherine in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.

How to pronounce Kakalina

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

Is Kakalina a boy or girl name?

Kakalina is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.

How often Kakalina is given in the U.S.

No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kakalina, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.

How well recorded is Kakalina?

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

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Kakalina?

kah-kah-LEE-nah, in 4 syllables, with the stress on LEE.

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

Kakalina is used mainly as a girl name, though Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender and it can be given to any child.

What does Kakalina mean in Hawaiian?

Hawaiian form of Katherine.

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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