What does Kolokea mean in Hawaiian?
Kolokea is a Hawaiian girl name that means to creep, white. The name comes from kolo (to creep) + kea (white). It is pronounced koh-loh-KEH-ah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
The words inside Kolokea
kolo means to creep, to crawl.
kea means white, clear and appears in 4 Hawaiian names, among them Kealani, Laʻakea, Puakea.
Dorothy in Hawaiian
Kolokea is the Hawaiian form of Dorothy, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Dorothy means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Dorothy in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Kolokea
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kolokea are o as in “go”, e as in “bet”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kolokea a boy or girl name?
Kolokea is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kolokea is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kolokea, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kolokea?
Kolokea has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.