What does Kaleikaumaka mean in Hawaiian?
Kaleikaumaka is a Hawaiian girl name that means the beloved child, the lei placed before the eyes. The name comes from ka (the) + lei (child) + kau (placed) + maka (eyes). It is pronounced kah-lay-kow-MAH-kah, with 5 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kaleikaumaka belongs with other Hawaiian names about love.
The words inside Kaleikaumaka
lei means garland, wreath and appears in 18 Hawaiian names, among them Leilani, Kalei, Leialoha, Hanalei.
kau means to place, to set and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Kauwela.
maka means eye, face and appears in 5 Hawaiian names, among them Kamaka, Makanui, Maka, Nāmaka.
How to pronounce Kaleikaumaka
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kaleikaumaka are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kaleikaumaka a boy or girl name?
Kaleikaumaka is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kaleikaumaka is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kaleikaumaka, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kaleikaumaka?
Kaleikaumaka has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.