What does Keō mean in Hawaiian?
Keō is a Hawaiian boy name that means the answer, the continuation. The name comes from ke (the) + ō (answer, continuation). It is pronounced KEH-oh, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Joe in Hawaiian
Keō is the Hawaiian form of Joe, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Joe means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Joe in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Keō
Say every vowel. The vowels in Keō are e as in “bet”, o as in “go”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Keō a boy or girl name?
Keō is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 277 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Keō is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 277 U.S. babies named Keō from 1978 to 2023, all boys, counted as Keo because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 32 of those 46 years. Its peak came in 2023, with 19, and 124 were born from 2014 to 2023. In the Hawaiʻi records it never reaches five births of one sex in a year, the level at which a name is listed.
How well recorded is Keō?
Keō has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.