What does Kamahiʻai mean in Hawaiian?
Kamahiʻai is a Hawaiian boy name that means the farmer, the cultivator. The name comes from ka (the) + mahi (farm) + ʻai (food). It is pronounced kah-mah-hee-EYE, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
The words inside Kamahiʻai
mahi means to cultivate, to farm.
ʻai means food, to eat.
How to pronounce Kamahiʻai
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kamahiʻai are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Kamahiʻai is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kamahiʻai a boy or girl name?
Kamahiʻai is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kamahiʻai is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kamahiʻai, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kamahiʻai?
Kamahiʻai has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.