What does Kekūhaupiʻo mean in Hawaiian?
Kekūhaupiʻo is a Hawaiian boy name that means legendary warrior and teacher of Kamehameha I. The name comes from chiefly name. It is pronounced keh-koo-how-PEE-oh, with 5 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kekūhaupiʻo belongs with other Hawaiian names about warrior.
How to pronounce Kekūhaupiʻo
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kekūhaupiʻo are e as in “bet”, u as “oo”, a as in “father”, i as “ee”, o as in “go”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Kekūhaupiʻo is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kekūhaupiʻo a boy or girl name?
Kekūhaupiʻo is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kekūhaupiʻo is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kekūhaupiʻo, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kekūhaupiʻo?
Kekūhaupiʻo is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.