What does Kilinahe mean in Hawaiian?
Kilinahe is a Hawaiian girl name that means fine, gentle rain. The name comes from kilinahe (light rain). It is pronounced kee-lee-NAH-heh, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kilinahe belongs with other Hawaiian names about rain and gentle.
The words inside Kilinahe
kilinahe means a light, gentle rain.
How to pronounce Kilinahe
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kilinahe are i as “ee”, a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kilinahe a boy or girl name?
Kilinahe is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kilinahe is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kilinahe, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kilinahe?
Kilinahe is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.