What does Kalolaina mean in Hawaiian?
Kalolaina is a Hawaiian girl name that means Hawaiian form of Caroline. It is pronounced kah-loh-LYE-nah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kalolaina belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
One of three Hawaiian spellings of Caroline
Caroline, the name behind Kalolaina, is Charles made feminine, by way of the Italian Carolina. Charles itself comes from a Germanic word for a man, specifically a free one, which is also the source of the English word churl.
Kalolaina is the closest of the three spellings to the English sound, because it keeps the o of Caroline where Kalalaina changes it to a. The R became L, the C became K, and a final a closes the name, the same repairs that turned Charles into Kale.
Caroline in Hawaiian
Kalolaina is the Hawaiian form of Caroline, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Caroline means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. See your name in Hawaiian for the full list of recorded forms.
How to pronounce Kalolaina
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kalolaina are a as in “father”, o as in “go”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kalolaina a boy or girl name?
Kalolaina is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kalolaina is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kalolaina, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kalolaina?
Kalolaina has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.