What does Lehua mean in Hawaiian?
Lehua is a Hawaiian girl name that means the ʻōhiʻa lehua blossom, sacred to Pele. The name comes from lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha flower). It is pronounced leh-HOO-ah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Lehua belongs with other Hawaiian names about flower, fire and mythology.
The words inside Lehua
lehua means the ʻōhiʻa lehua blossom and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Leilehua.
How to pronounce Lehua
Say every vowel. The vowels in Lehua are e as in “bet”, u as “oo”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Lehua a boy or girl name?
Lehua is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 304 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Lehua is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 304 U.S. babies named Lehua from 1960 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 42 of those 64 years. Its peak was 1977, with 14. The 2014 to 2023 total of 51 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 96 babies born in the state were named Lehua from 1976 to 2021, with a peak of 12 in 1979. 5 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Lehua?
Lehua has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.