What does Kaʻupena mean in Hawaiian?
Kaʻupena is a Hawaiian boy name that means the fishing net. The name comes from ka (the) + ʻupena (net). It is pronounced kah-oo-PEH-nah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kaʻupena belongs with other Hawaiian names about ocean.
The words inside Kaʻupena
ʻupena means fishing net.
How to pronounce Kaʻupena
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kaʻupena are a as in “father”, u as “oo”, e as in “bet”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Kaʻupena is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kaʻupena a boy or girl name?
Kaʻupena is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kaʻupena is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kaʻupena, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kaʻupena?
Kaʻupena is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.