What does Kūpono mean in Hawaiian?
Kūpono is a Hawaiian boy name that means honest, upright, fair. The name comes from kū (to stand) + pono (righteous). It is pronounced koo-POH-noh, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kūpono belongs with other Hawaiian names about wisdom and strength.
The words inside Kūpono
kū means to stand, upright and appears in 5 Hawaiian names, among them Kū, Kaʻeokūlani, Kūaliʻi, Kūpaʻa.
pono means goodness, righteousness, balance and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Pono, Kapono.
How to pronounce Kūpono
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kūpono are u as “oo”, o as in “go”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kūpono a boy or girl name?
Kūpono is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 62 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Kūpono is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 62 U.S. babies named Kūpono from 1991 to 2023, all boys, counted as Kupono because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 11 of those 33 years. Its peak was 2002, with 8. The 2014 to 2023 total of 5 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 33 babies born in the state were named Kūpono from 1991 to 2021, with a peak of 7 in 2002. No year after 2007 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Kūpono?
Kūpono is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.