What does Kapali mean in Hawaiian?
Kapali is a Hawaiian boy name that means the cliff. The name comes from ka (the) + pali (cliff). It is pronounced kah-PAH-lee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kapali belongs with other Hawaiian names about earth, mountain and strength.
The words inside Kapali
pali means cliff, precipice and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Pali.
How to pronounce Kapali
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kapali are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kapali a boy or girl name?
Kapali is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kapali is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kapali, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kapali?
Kapali is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.