What does Kealaikahiki mean in Hawaiian?
Kealaikahiki is a Hawaiian boy name that means the pathway to Tahiti, the channel used by voyagers. The name comes from ke (the) + ala (path) + i (to) + Kahiki (Tahiti). It is pronounced keh-ah-lah-ee-kah-HEE-kee, with 6 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kealaikahiki belongs with other Hawaiian names about ocean and star.
The words inside Kealaikahiki
ala means path, road and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Keala, Kaʻala.
How to pronounce Kealaikahiki
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kealaikahiki are e as in “bet”, a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kealaikahiki a boy or girl name?
Kealaikahiki is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kealaikahiki is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kealaikahiki, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kealaikahiki?
Kealaikahiki is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.