What does Kapono mean in Hawaiian?
Kapono is a Hawaiian boy name that means the righteous one, the good. The name comes from ka (the) + pono (righteous, proper). It is pronounced kah-POH-noh, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kapono belongs with other Hawaiian names about wisdom and peace.
The words inside Kapono
pono means goodness, righteousness, balance and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Pono, Kūpono.
How to pronounce Kapono
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kapono are a as in “father”, o as in “go”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kapono a boy or girl name?
Kapono is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 197 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Kapono is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 197 U.S. babies named Kapono from 1981 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 25 of those 43 years. Its peak was 2011, with 15. The 2014 to 2023 total of 38 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 57 babies born in the state were named Kapono from 1981 to 2021, with a peak of 8 in 2006. No year after 2011 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Kapono?
Kapono has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.