What does Kekoa mean in Hawaiian?
Kekoa is a Hawaiian boy name that means the brave one, the warrior. The name comes from ke (the) + koa (warrior, brave). It is pronounced keh-KOH-ah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kekoa belongs with other Hawaiian names about strength and warrior.
The words inside Kekoa
koa means brave, warrior and appears in 4 Hawaiian names, among them Koa, Kaikoa, Nakoa.
How to pronounce Kekoa
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kekoa are e as in “bet”, o as in “go”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kekoa a boy or girl name?
Kekoa is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 1,957 U.S. babies given it, 1% were girls and 99% boys.
How often Kekoa is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 1,957 U.S. babies named Kekoa from 1972 to 2023 (22 girls, 1,935 boys). It appears in 51 of those 52 years. Its peak was 2017, with 73. The 2014 to 2023 total of 633 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 677 babies born in the state were named Kekoa from 1972 to 2021, with a peak of 32 in 1992. 90 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Kekoa?
Kekoa has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.