What does Kalehua mean in Hawaiian?
Kalehua is a Hawaiian girl name that means the lehua blossom. The name comes from ka (the) + lehua. It is pronounced kah-leh-HOO-ah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kalehua belongs with other Hawaiian names about flower.
The lehua blossom
Kalehua is ka (the) and lehua, the red blossom of the ʻōhiʻa tree. The ʻōhiʻa is often the first tree to grow on fresh lava, and its flower is sacred to Pele in chant and story, which gives lehua names a sense of strength as well as beauty.
Lehua is also used poetically for a beloved person and for a skilled warrior, so Kalehua can be read as the cherished one. It is a girl's name here.
How to pronounce Kalehua
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kalehua are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kalehua a boy or girl name?
Kalehua is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kalehua is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kalehua, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kalehua?
Kalehua has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.