What does Kiha mean in Hawaiian?
Kiha is a Hawaiian boy name that means a supernatural lizard, a chiefly name of Maui. The name comes from kiha (moʻo, dragon-lizard). It is pronounced KEE-hah, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kiha belongs with other Hawaiian names about mythology and royalty.
The words inside Kiha
kiha means moʻo, dragon-lizard.
How to pronounce Kiha
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kiha are i as “ee”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kiha a boy or girl name?
Kiha is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kiha is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kiha, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kiha?
Kiha is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.