What does Kamalei mean in Hawaiian?
Kamalei is a Hawaiian unisex name that means beloved child. The name comes from kama (child) + lei (beloved). It is pronounced kah-mah-LAY, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kamalei belongs with other Hawaiian names about love.
The words inside Kamalei
kama means child, person and appears in 4 Hawaiian names, among them Kamalani, Kama, Kamaʻāina.
lei means garland, wreath and appears in 18 Hawaiian names, among them Leilani, Kalei, Leialoha, Hanalei.
How to pronounce Kamalei
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kamalei are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kamalei a boy or girl name?
Kamalei is listed here as unisex. Of the 142 U.S. babies given it, 79% were girls and 21% boys.
How often Kamalei is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 142 U.S. babies named Kamalei from 1995 to 2023 (112 girls, 30 boys). It appears in 18 of those 29 years. Its peak was 2008, with 20. The 2014 to 2023 total of 48 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 72 babies born in the state were named Kamalei from 1996 to 2021, with a peak of 17 in 2008. No year after 2011 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Kamalei?
Kamalei has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.