What does Kūhiō mean in Hawaiian?
Kūhiō is a Hawaiian boy name that means name of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, delegate to the U.S. Congress. The name comes from chiefly name, kūhiō is also a plant. It is pronounced koo-hee-OH, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kūhiō belongs with other Hawaiian names about royalty.
Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole
Kūhiō was heir to the throne under Kalākaua, imprisoned for his part in the 1895 counter-revolution, and later served twenty years as Hawaiʻi's delegate to the United States Congress.
His central achievement was the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1921, which set aside some 200,000 acres for homesteading by Native Hawaiians. Its implementation has been troubled ever since — the waiting list runs to tens of thousands and many applicants have died waiting — but the principle of a land trust survived because he got it through.
Prince Kūhiō Day, 26 March, is a state holiday.
How to pronounce Kūhiō
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kūhiō are u as “oo”, i as “ee”, o as in “go”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kūhiō a boy or girl name?
Kūhiō is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kūhiō is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kūhiō, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kūhiō?
Kūhiō is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.