What does Kapena mean in Hawaiian?
Kapena is a Hawaiian boy name that means captain. The name comes from kāpena (captain). It is pronounced kah-PEH-nah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kapena belongs with other Hawaiian names about ocean and strength.
The words inside Kapena
kāpena means captain.
How to pronounce Kapena
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kapena are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kapena a boy or girl name?
Kapena is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 74 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Kapena is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 74 U.S. babies named Kapena from 1980 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 12 of those 44 years. Its peak was 1988, with 15. The 2014 to 2023 total of 15 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 36 babies born in the state were named Kapena from 1983 to 2021, with a peak of 15 in 1988. 5 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Kapena?
Kapena has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.