What does Kuʻualoha mean in Hawaiian?
Kuʻualoha is a Hawaiian girl name that means my love. The name comes from kuʻu (my) + aloha (loved one). It is pronounced koo-oo-ah-LOH-hah, with 5 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kuʻualoha belongs with other Hawaiian names about love.
My love
Kuʻualoha is kuʻu aloha, my love, a phrase that runs through Hawaiian songs and letters. Kuʻu is the affectionate form of my, reserved for people and things held dear, so the name is spoken in a parent's voice.
It is a girl's name here. Its close relatives are Kuʻuipo, my sweetheart, and Kuʻuleialoha, my beloved lei.
The words inside Kuʻualoha
aloha means love, affection, compassion and appears in 8 Hawaiian names, among them Kealoha, Leialoha, Aloha, Kaleialoha.
How to pronounce Kuʻualoha
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kuʻualoha are u as “oo”, a as in “father”, o as in “go”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Kuʻualoha is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kuʻualoha a boy or girl name?
Kuʻualoha is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kuʻualoha is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kuʻualoha, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kuʻualoha?
Kuʻualoha has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.