What does Kekumu mean in Hawaiian?
Kekumu is a Hawaiian boy name that means the source, the teacher, the foundation. The name comes from ke (the) + kumu (source, teacher). It is pronounced keh-KOO-moo, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kekumu belongs with other Hawaiian names about wisdom.
The words inside Kekumu
kumu means source, foundation, teacher and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Kumu.
How to pronounce Kekumu
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kekumu are e as in “bet”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kekumu a boy or girl name?
Kekumu is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kekumu is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kekumu, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kekumu?
Kekumu is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.