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Keone

Pronounced keh-OH-neh

“the sand, the homeland”

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Say it

keh·OH·neh

3 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

Built from

kethe+onesand

What does Keone mean in Hawaiian?

Keone is a Hawaiian boy name that means the sand, the homeland. The name comes from ke (the) + one (sand). It is pronounced keh-OH-neh, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Keone belongs with other Hawaiian names about earth and ocean.

The words inside Keone

one means sand.

How to pronounce Keone

Say every vowel. The vowels in Keone are e as in “bet”, o as in “go”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Keone a boy or girl name?

Keone is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 597 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.

How often Keone is given in the U.S.

Social Security records show 597 U.S. babies named Keone from 1969 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 54 of those 55 years. Its peak was 1986, with 21. The 2014 to 2023 total of 105 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 102 babies born in the state were named Keone from 1969 to 2021, with a peak of 11 in 1972. No year after 1993 reached five births of one sex there.

How well recorded is Keone?

Keone has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Keone?

keh-OH-neh, in 3 syllables, with the stress on OH.

Is Keone a girl's or a boy's name?

Keone is used mainly as a boy name, though Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender and it can be given to any child.

What does Keone mean in Hawaiian?

the sand, the homeland. It comes from ke (the) + one (sand).

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

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