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Kealoha

Pronounced keh-ah-LOH-hah

“the beloved, the loved one”

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Say it

keh·ah·LOH·hah

4 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

Built from

kethe+alohalove

What does Kealoha mean in Hawaiian?

Kealoha is a Hawaiian unisex name that means the beloved, the loved one. The name comes from ke (the) + aloha (love). It is pronounced keh-ah-LOH-hah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Kealoha belongs with other Hawaiian names about love.

The words inside Kealoha

aloha means love, affection, compassion and appears in 8 Hawaiian names, among them Leialoha, Aloha, Kaleialoha, Kameāloha.

How to pronounce Kealoha

Say every vowel. The vowels in Kealoha are e as in “bet”, a as in “father”, o as in “go”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Kealoha a boy or girl name?

Kealoha is listed here as unisex. Of the 89 U.S. babies given it, 48% were girls and 52% boys.

How often Kealoha is given in the U.S.

Social Security records show 89 U.S. babies named Kealoha from 1979 to 2023 (43 girls, 46 boys). It appears in 13 of those 45 years. Its peak came in 2023, with 14, and 21 were born from 2014 to 2023. In the Hawaiʻi records it never reaches five births of one sex in a year, the level at which a name is listed.

How well recorded is Kealoha?

Kealoha has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Kealoha?

keh-ah-LOH-hah, in 4 syllables, with the stress on LOH.

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

Kealoha is unisex. Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender, and this one is given to both boys and girls.

What does Kealoha mean in Hawaiian?

the beloved, the loved one. It comes from ke (the) + aloha (love).

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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