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Kealaula

Pronounced keh-ah-lah-OO-lah

“the light of dawn”

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Say it

keh·ah·lah·OO·lah

5 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

Built from

kethe+alauladawn glow

What does Kealaula mean in Hawaiian?

Kealaula is a Hawaiian girl name that means the light of dawn. The name comes from ke (the) + alaula (dawn glow). It is pronounced keh-ah-lah-OO-lah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Kealaula belongs with other Hawaiian names about light and sun.

The words inside Kealaula

alaula means dawn light, the glow of sunrise and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Alaula.

How to pronounce Kealaula

Say every vowel. The vowels in Kealaula are e as in “bet”, a as in “father”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Kealaula a boy or girl name?

Kealaula is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.

How often Kealaula is given in the U.S.

No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kealaula, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.

How well recorded is Kealaula?

Kealaula is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Kealaula?

keh-ah-lah-OO-lah, in 4 syllables, with the stress on OO.

Is Kealaula a girl's or a boy's name?

Kealaula is used mainly as a girl name, though Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender and it can be given to any child.

What does Kealaula mean in Hawaiian?

the light of dawn. It comes from ke (the) + alaula (dawn glow).

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

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