What does Kumu mean in Hawaiian?
Kumu is a Hawaiian unisex name that means teacher, source, foundation. The name comes from kumu (source, teacher). It is pronounced KOO-moo, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kumu belongs with other Hawaiian names about wisdom.
The words inside Kumu
kumu means source, foundation, teacher and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Kekumu.
How to pronounce Kumu
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kumu are u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kumu a boy or girl name?
Kumu is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Kumu is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kumu, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kumu?
Kumu is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.