What does Keahi mean in Hawaiian?
Keahi is a Hawaiian unisex name that means the fire, the flame. The name comes from ke (the) + ahi (fire). It is pronounced keh-AH-hee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Keahi belongs with other Hawaiian names about fire and strength.
The words inside Keahi
ahi means fire and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Keahilani, Pauahi.
How to pronounce Keahi
Say every vowel. The vowels in Keahi are e as in “bet”, a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Keahi a boy or girl name?
Keahi is listed here as unisex. Of the 325 U.S. babies given it, 8% were girls and 92% boys.
How often Keahi is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 325 U.S. babies named Keahi from 1981 to 2023 (25 girls, 300 boys). It appears in 27 of those 43 years. Its peak was 2009, with 21. The 2014 to 2023 total of 137 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 138 babies born in the state were named Keahi from 1981 to 2021, with a peak of 12 in 2008. 45 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Keahi?
Keahi has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.