What does Kalili mean in Hawaiian?
Kalili is a Hawaiian girl name that means jealousy, the jealous one (literal reading). The name comes from ka (the) + lili (jealousy). It is pronounced kah-LEE-lee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
A name that records a feeling
Kalili is ka (the) and lili, jealousy or jealous. It is an unusual choice for a child today, but older Hawaiian names often recorded an event, a feeling or a circumstance around a birth rather than a wish for the child, so a name like this is not out of place in the tradition.
Because the meaning is plain and unflattering in English, families who use it usually know the story behind it. Anyone choosing it for its sound should know what it says.
The words inside Kalili
lili means jealousy and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Lilinoe.
How to pronounce Kalili
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kalili are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kalili a boy or girl name?
Kalili is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kalili is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kalili, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kalili?
Kalili has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.