What does Kalāhiki mean in Hawaiian?
Kalāhiki is a Hawaiian boy name that means the rising sun. The name comes from ka (the) + lā (sun) + hiki (to arrive, rise). It is pronounced kah-lah-HEE-kee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kalāhiki belongs with other Hawaiian names about sun, light and hope.
The words inside Kalāhiki
lā means sun, day and appears in 6 Hawaiian names, among them Kala, Haleakalā, Kalākaua, Lā.
hiki means to arrive, to be able.
How to pronounce Kalāhiki
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kalāhiki are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kalāhiki a boy or girl name?
Kalāhiki is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kalāhiki is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kalāhiki, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kalāhiki?
Kalāhiki is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.