What does Keawe mean in Hawaiian?
Keawe is a Hawaiian boy name that means the strand of a lei, an ancient chiefly name of Hawaiʻi Island. The name comes from ke (the) + awe (strand). It is pronounced keh-AH-veh, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Keawe belongs with other Hawaiian names about royalty.
The words inside Keawe
awe means strand, tentacle.
How to pronounce Keawe
Say every vowel. The vowels in Keawe are e as in “bet”, a as in “father”. A w after i or e is pronounced like a v. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Keawe a boy or girl name?
Keawe is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 136 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Keawe is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 136 U.S. babies named Keawe from 1994 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 19 of those 30 years. Its peak was 2008, with 11. The 2014 to 2023 total of 42 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 11 babies born in the state were named Keawe from 2008 to 2021, with a peak of 6 in 2020. 6 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Keawe?
Keawe has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.