What does Kamāmalu mean in Hawaiian?
Kamāmalu is a Hawaiian girl name that means the protection, the shade. The name comes from ka (the) + māmalu (shelter). It is pronounced kah-MAH-mah-loo, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Queen consort of Kamehameha II.
Kamāmalu belongs with other Hawaiian names about royalty and peace.
The words inside Kamāmalu
māmalu means shelter, shade, protection.
How to pronounce Kamāmalu
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kamāmalu are a as in “father”, u as “oo”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kamāmalu a boy or girl name?
Kamāmalu is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kamāmalu is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kamāmalu, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kamāmalu?
Kamāmalu is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.