What does Keanu mean in Hawaiian?
Keanu is a Hawaiian boy name that means the cool breeze. The name comes from ke (the) + anu (cool). It is pronounced keh-AH-noo, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Keanu belongs with other Hawaiian names about wind and nature.
The words inside Keanu
anu means cool, cold and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Anuhea, Nuʻuanu.
How to pronounce Keanu
Say every vowel. The vowels in Keanu are e as in “bet”, a as in “father”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Keanu a boy or girl name?
Keanu is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 8,030 U.S. babies given it, 3% were girls and 97% boys.
How often Keanu is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 8,030 U.S. babies named Keanu from 1990 to 2023 (225 girls, 7,805 boys). It appears every year from 1990 on. Its peak was 2020, with 561. The 2014 to 2023 total of 3,658 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 646 babies born in the state were named Keanu from 1991 to 2021, with a peak of 44 in 1995. 155 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Keanu?
Keanu has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.