What does Leinaʻala mean in Hawaiian?
Leinaʻala is a Hawaiian girl name that means fragrant lei. The name comes from lei (garland) + naʻala (fragrance). It is pronounced lay-nah-AH-lah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Leinaʻala belongs with other Hawaiian names about flower and nature.
The words inside Leinaʻala
lei means garland, wreath and appears in 18 Hawaiian names, among them Leilani, Kalei, Leialoha, Hanalei.
naʻala means fragrance.
How to pronounce Leinaʻala
Say every vowel. The vowels in Leinaʻala are e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, a as in “father”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Leinaʻala is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Leinaʻala a boy or girl name?
Leinaʻala is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 73 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Leinaʻala is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 73 U.S. babies named Leinaʻala from 1975 to 2023, all girls, counted as Leinaala because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 11 of those 49 years. Its peak was 1978, with 14. The 2014 to 2023 total of 5 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 23 babies born in the state were named Leinaʻala from 1978 to 2021, with a peak of 11 in 1978. No year after 1990 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Leinaʻala?
Leinaʻala has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.