What does Kawelo mean in Hawaiian?
Kawelo is a Hawaiian boy name that means legendary warrior-hero of Kauaʻi. The name comes from chiefly name. It is pronounced kah-VEH-loh, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kawelo belongs with other Hawaiian names about warrior and mythology.
Kawelo of Kauaʻi
Kawelo is the hero of one of Kauaʻi's great traditional stories, a chief famed for his strength and his skill in fighting who overthrew his cousin ʻAikanaka to become ruler of the island. His story was collected in the 1800s among the Hawaiian legends Abraham Fornander gathered.
As a given name it keeps that hero in view, much as a name like Arthur recalls a legend in English. It is used for boys.
How to pronounce Kawelo
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kawelo are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”, o as in “go”. A w after i or e is pronounced like a v. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kawelo a boy or girl name?
Kawelo is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kawelo is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 5 U.S. babies named Kawelo from 2019 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 1 of those 5 years. Its peak was 2019, with 5. In Hawaiʻi itself, 5 babies born in the state were named Kawelo from 2019 to 2021, with a peak of 5 in 2019. 5 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Kawelo?
Kawelo has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.