What does Kaulana mean in Hawaiian?
Kaulana is a Hawaiian unisex name that means famous, renowned. The name comes from kaulana (famous). It is pronounced kow-LAH-nah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kaulana belongs with other Hawaiian names about strength.
The words inside Kaulana
kaulana means famous, celebrated.
How to pronounce Kaulana
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kaulana are a as in “father”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kaulana a boy or girl name?
Kaulana is listed here as unisex. Of the 148 U.S. babies given it, 4% were girls and 96% boys.
How often Kaulana is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 148 U.S. babies named Kaulana from 1981 to 2023 (6 girls, 142 boys). It appears in 20 of those 43 years. Its peak was 2002, with 13. The 2014 to 2023 total of 16 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 111 babies born in the state were named Kaulana from 1981 to 2021, with a peak of 11 in 1991. No year after 2009 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Kaulana?
Kaulana has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.