What does Lāʻau mean in Hawaiian?
Lāʻau is a Hawaiian boy name that means tree, wood, medicine. The name comes from lāʻau (plant, medicine). It is pronounced LAH-ow, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Lāʻau belongs with other Hawaiian names about tree.
The words inside Lāʻau
lāʻau means plant, tree, medicine.
How to pronounce Lāʻau
Say every vowel. The vowels in Lāʻau are a as in “father”, u as “oo”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Lāʻau is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Lāʻau a boy or girl name?
Lāʻau is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Lāʻau is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Lāʻau, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Lāʻau?
Lāʻau is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.