What does Kanaʻi mean in Hawaiian?
Kanaʻi is a Hawaiian boy name that means the conqueror. The name comes from ka (the) + naʻi (to conquer). It is pronounced kah-NAH-ee, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kanaʻi belongs with other Hawaiian names about warrior and strength.
The words inside Kanaʻi
naʻi means to conquer, to strive.
How to pronounce Kanaʻi
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kanaʻi are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Kanaʻi is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kanaʻi a boy or girl name?
Kanaʻi is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 489 U.S. babies given it, 30% were girls and 70% boys.
How often Kanaʻi is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 489 U.S. babies named Kanaʻi from 1999 to 2023 (147 girls, 342 boys), counted as Kanai because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 23 of those 25 years. Its peak came in 2022, with 42, and 283 were born from 2014 to 2023. In Hawaiʻi itself, 59 babies born in the state were named Kanaʻi from 2006 to 2021, with a peak of 11 in 2012. 47 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Kanaʻi?
Kanaʻi is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.