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Kalino

Pronounced kah-LEE-noh

“the brightness, the shining one”

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kah·LEE·noh

3 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

Built from

kathe+linobright, shining

What does Kalino mean in Hawaiian?

Kalino is a Hawaiian girl name that means the brightness, the shining one. The name comes from ka (the) + lino (bright, shining). It is pronounced kah-LEE-noh, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Kalino belongs with other Hawaiian names about light.

The words inside Kalino

lino means bright, shining and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Lino.

How to pronounce Kalino

Say every vowel. The vowels in Kalino are a as in “father”, i as “ee”, o as in “go”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Kalino a boy or girl name?

Kalino is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 72 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.

How often Kalino is given in the U.S.

Social Security records show 72 U.S. babies named Kalino from 2015 to 2023, all boys. It appears every year from 2015 on. Its peak was 2020, with 16. In the Hawaiʻi records it never reaches five births of one sex in a year, the level at which a name is listed. Although it is listed here as a girl's name, more boys than girls have been given it in the U.S.

How well recorded is Kalino?

Kalino is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Kalino?

kah-LEE-noh, in 3 syllables, with the stress on LEE.

Is Kalino a girl's or a boy's name?

Kalino is used mainly as a girl name, though Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender and it can be given to any child.

What does Kalino mean in Hawaiian?

the brightness, the shining one. It comes from ka (the) + lino (bright, shining).

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

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