What does Kimo mean in Hawaiian?
Kimo is a Hawaiian boy name that means Hawaiian form of James. The name comes from borrowed from James. It is pronounced KEE-moh, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kimo belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Jim in Hawaiian
Kimo is the Hawaiian form of Jim, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Jim means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Jim in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Kimo
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kimo are i as “ee”, o as in “go”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kimo a boy or girl name?
Kimo is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 850 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Kimo is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 850 U.S. babies named Kimo from 1949 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 67 of those 75 years. Its peak was 1981, with 28. The 2014 to 2023 total of 62 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 278 babies born in the state were named Kimo from 1949 to 2021, with a peak of 15 in 1981. No year after 2008 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Kimo?
Kimo has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.