What does Kīhei mean in Hawaiian?
Kīhei is a Hawaiian boy name that means shawl, cape, a town on Maui. The name comes from kīhei (shawl). It is pronounced KEE-hay, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kīhei belongs with other Hawaiian names about earth.
The words inside Kīhei
kīhei means shawl, cape.
Kīhei as a place name
Kīhei is also a town on Maui, where the name is read as cape or shawl. Place names and given names draw on the same words, so the meanings usually overlap but are not always identical. The page on what Kīhei means has the full story, and Hawaiian town and beach names covers the rest.
How to pronounce Kīhei
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kīhei are i as “ee”, e as in “bet”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kīhei a boy or girl name?
Kīhei is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kīhei is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kīhei, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kīhei?
Kīhei is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.