What does Kukui mean in Hawaiian?
Kukui is a Hawaiian unisex name that means candlenut tree, light, enlightenment. The name comes from kukui (Aleurites moluccana), the state tree. It is pronounced koo-KOO-ee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kukui belongs with other Hawaiian names about tree and light.
The words inside Kukui
kukui means candlenut tree.
How to pronounce Kukui
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kukui are u as “oo”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kukui a boy or girl name?
Kukui is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Kukui is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kukui, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kukui?
Kukui is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.