What does Kuʻulei mean in Hawaiian?
Kuʻulei is a Hawaiian girl name that means my lei, my beloved. The name comes from kuʻu (my, beloved) + lei. It is pronounced koo-oo-LAY, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kuʻulei belongs with other Hawaiian names about love and flower.
How to pronounce Kuʻulei
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kuʻulei are u as “oo”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Kuʻulei is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kuʻulei a boy or girl name?
Kuʻulei is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 152 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Kuʻulei is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 152 U.S. babies named Kuʻulei from 1975 to 2023, all girls, counted as Kuulei because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 23 of those 49 years. No year since 2013 has five or more babies of either sex given it. In Hawaiʻi itself, 70 babies born in the state were named Kuʻulei from 1980 to 2021, with a peak of 9 in 1993. No year after 2008 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Kuʻulei?
Kuʻulei has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.