What does Kawena mean in Hawaiian?
Kawena is a Hawaiian girl name that means the glow, rosy glow of sunset. The name comes from ka (the) + wena (glow). It is pronounced kah-VEH-nah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kawena belongs with other Hawaiian names about light and sun.
The words inside Kawena
wena means glow, reddish tinge.
How to pronounce Kawena
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kawena are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. A w after i or e is pronounced like a v. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kawena a boy or girl name?
Kawena is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 186 U.S. babies given it, 92% were girls and 8% boys.
How often Kawena is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 186 U.S. babies named Kawena from 1988 to 2023 (171 girls, 15 boys). It appears in 26 of those 36 years. Its peak was 2005, with 14. The 2014 to 2023 total of 82 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 77 babies born in the state were named Kawena from 1992 to 2021, with a peak of 13 in 2005. 23 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Kawena?
Kawena has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.