What does Keōpūolani mean in Hawaiian?
Keōpūolani is a Hawaiian girl name that means the gathering of the clouds of heaven. The name comes from ke (the) + ōpū (cluster) + o (of) + lani (heaven). It is pronounced keh-oh-poo-oh-LAH-nee, with 6 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Sacred wife of Kamehameha I and mother of two kings.
Keōpūolani belongs with other Hawaiian names about royalty and sky.
Keōpūolani
Keōpūolani was the highest-ranking chiefess of her generation, of such sacred rank that Kamehameha I had to approach her prostrate. She was his most senior wife, and mother of Kamehameha II and Kamehameha III.
She took part in breaking the eating kapu in 1819 and was the first Hawaiian of chiefly rank to be baptised, shortly before her death in 1823. The name means the gathering of the clouds of heaven.
The words inside Keōpūolani
ōpū means cluster, clump.
lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.
How to pronounce Keōpūolani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Keōpūolani are e as in “bet”, o as in “go”, u as “oo”, a as in “father”, i as “ee”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Keōpūolani a boy or girl name?
Keōpūolani is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Keōpūolani is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Keōpūolani, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Keōpūolani?
Keōpūolani is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.