What does Keanuenue mean in Hawaiian?
Keanuenue is a Hawaiian unisex name that means the rainbow. The name comes from ke (the) + ānuenue (rainbow). It is pronounced keh-ah-noo-eh-NOO-eh, with 6 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Keanuenue belongs with other Hawaiian names about sky, light and rain.
The words inside Keanuenue
ānuenue means rainbow and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Ānuenue.
How to pronounce Keanuenue
Say every vowel. The vowels in Keanuenue are e as in “bet”, a as in “father”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Keanuenue a boy or girl name?
Keanuenue is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Keanuenue is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Keanuenue, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Keanuenue?
Keanuenue is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.