What does Kameāloha mean in Hawaiian?
Kameāloha is a Hawaiian girl name that means the beloved one, the sweetheart. The name comes from ka (the) + mea (thing) + aloha (love). It is pronounced kah-meh-ah-LOH-hah, with 5 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Mea aloha, the beloved one
Kameāloha is ka (the) with mea aloha, a set phrase for a beloved person or sweetheart. Mea on its own is a thing or a person, and joined to aloha it becomes the one who is loved, in the same way English uses dear one.
The kahakō over the a marks it as long, so the name is said kah-meh-AH-loh-hah with the stress falling on that held vowel. It is a girl's name and a rare one.
The words inside Kameāloha
mea means thing, person, one who and appears in 4 Hawaiian names, among them Kamea, Haumea, Waimea.
aloha means love, affection, compassion and appears in 8 Hawaiian names, among them Kealoha, Leialoha, Aloha, Kaleialoha.
How to pronounce Kameāloha
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kameāloha are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”, o as in “go”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kameāloha a boy or girl name?
Kameāloha is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kameāloha is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kameāloha, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kameāloha?
Kameāloha has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.