What does Kamuela mean in Hawaiian?
Kamuela is a Hawaiian boy name that means Hawaiian form of Samuel. It is pronounced kah-moo-EH-lah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kamuela belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Kamuela the town
Kamuela is the Hawaiian form of Samuel, and it is also the postal name of the town on Hawaiʻi Island otherwise called Waimea — in the ranching country of the Kohala uplands. The town takes its name from Samuel Parker of Parker Ranch, and the second name exists largely because Hawaiʻi has more than one Waimea and the post office needed to tell them apart.
Samuel in Hawaiian
Kamuela is the Hawaiian form of Samuel, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Samuel means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Samuel in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Kamuela
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kamuela are a as in “father”, u as “oo”, e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kamuela a boy or girl name?
Kamuela is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 287 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Kamuela is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 287 U.S. babies named Kamuela from 1975 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 36 of those 49 years. Its peak was 2007, with 16. The 2014 to 2023 total of 35 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 211 babies born in the state were named Kamuela from 1975 to 2021, with a peak of 14 in 1989. 13 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Kamuela?
Kamuela has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.