What does Kanaloa mean in Hawaiian?
Kanaloa is a Hawaiian boy name that means god of the ocean and voyaging. The name comes from Kanaloa, one of the four major Hawaiian gods. It is pronounced kah-nah-LOH-ah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kanaloa belongs with other Hawaiian names about mythology and ocean.
How to pronounce Kanaloa
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kanaloa are a as in “father”, o as in “go”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kanaloa a boy or girl name?
Kanaloa is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 88 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Kanaloa is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 88 U.S. babies named Kanaloa from 2008 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 12 of those 16 years. Its peak came in 2023, with 11, and 64 were born from 2014 to 2023. In Hawaiʻi itself, 16 babies born in the state were named Kanaloa from 2012 to 2021, with a peak of 6 in 2015. 16 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Kanaloa?
Kanaloa has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.