What does Leialoha mean in Hawaiian?
Leialoha is a Hawaiian girl name that means lei of love, beloved child. The name comes from lei (garland, child) + aloha (love). It is pronounced lay-ah-LOH-hah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Leialoha belongs with other Hawaiian names about love and flower.
A lei of love
Leialoha joins lei and aloha. On the surface it is a garland given with love, the kind placed around someone's neck at an arrival, a graduation or a farewell. In names, lei also stands for a cherished child, so the name says beloved child as clearly as it says lei of love.
It sits at the centre of a small family of names. Add ka and it is Kaleialoha, the beloved lei. Add kuʻu and it is Kuʻuleialoha, my beloved lei. Leialoha is the most direct of the three.
The words inside Leialoha
lei means garland, wreath and appears in 18 Hawaiian names, among them Leilani, Kalei, Hanalei, Hiʻilei.
aloha means love, affection, compassion and appears in 8 Hawaiian names, among them Kealoha, Aloha, Kaleialoha, Kameāloha.
How to pronounce Leialoha
Say every vowel. The vowels in Leialoha are e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, a as in “father”, o as in “go”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Leialoha a boy or girl name?
Leialoha is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 102 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Leialoha is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 102 U.S. babies named Leialoha from 1978 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 17 of those 46 years. Its peak was 2004, with 8. The 2014 to 2023 total of 35 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 11 babies born in the state were named Leialoha from 1978 to 2021, with a peak of 6 in 2004. No year after 2004 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Leialoha?
Leialoha has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.