What does Kaleikini mean in Hawaiian?
Kaleikini is a Hawaiian unisex name that means the many lei, the multitude of children. The name comes from ka (the) + lei + kini (multitude). It is pronounced kah-lay-KEE-nee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kaleikini belongs with other Hawaiian names about love and flower.
Many lei, many children
Kaleikini is ka (the), lei and kini, a multitude or great number. Since lei in names often stands for a child, the name can be read as the many beloved children, a wish for a large family or a mark of one.
Kaleikini is also a Hawaiian family name, carried by 223 people in the 2000 U.S. census, so it is familiar in Hawaiʻi as a surname as much as a first name.
How to pronounce Kaleikini
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kaleikini are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kaleikini a boy or girl name?
Kaleikini is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Kaleikini is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kaleikini, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kaleikini?
Kaleikini is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.