What does Kuʻuleimomi mean in Hawaiian?
Kuʻuleimomi is a Hawaiian girl name that means my pearl lei. The name comes from kuʻu (my) + lei + momi (pearl). It is pronounced koo-oo-lay-MOH-mee, with 5 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kuʻuleimomi belongs with other Hawaiian names about love and ocean.
How to pronounce Kuʻuleimomi
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kuʻuleimomi are u as “oo”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, o as in “go”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Kuʻuleimomi is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kuʻuleimomi a boy or girl name?
Kuʻuleimomi is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kuʻuleimomi is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kuʻuleimomi, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kuʻuleimomi?
Kuʻuleimomi is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.