What does Keala mean in Hawaiian?
Keala is a Hawaiian unisex name that means the path, the fragrance. The name comes from ke (the) + ala (path, fragrance). It is pronounced keh-AH-lah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Keala belongs with other Hawaiian names about nature and hope.
The words inside Keala
ala means path, road and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Kaʻala, Kealaikahiki.
How to pronounce Keala
Say every vowel. The vowels in Keala are e as in “bet”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Keala a boy or girl name?
Keala is listed here as unisex. Of the 844 U.S. babies given it, 97% were girls and 3% boys.
How often Keala is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 844 U.S. babies named Keala from 1969 to 2023 (822 girls, 22 boys). It appears every year from 1969 on. Its peak was 2005, with 50. The 2014 to 2023 total of 115 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 87 babies born in the state were named Keala from 1977 to 2021, with a peak of 12 in 1981. No year after 2008 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Keala?
Keala has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.