What does Kale mean in Hawaiian?
Kale is a Hawaiian boy name that means Hawaiian form of Charles. It is pronounced KAH-leh, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kale belongs with other Hawaiian names about freedom.
Charles in Hawaiian
Kale is the Hawaiian form of Charles, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Charles means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Charles in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Kale
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kale are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kale a boy or girl name?
Kale is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kale is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 7,571 U.S. babies named Kale since 1917, but that spelling is mostly an American spelling of Cale, so the count says little about the Hawaiian name. In Hawaiʻi itself, 48 babies born in the state were named Kale from 1978 to 2021, with a peak of 6 in 1988. No year after 2009 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Kale?
Kale has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.