What does Lihau mean in Hawaiian?
Lihau is a Hawaiian girl name that means gentle cool rain, fresh and dewy. The name comes from lihau (cool rain). It is pronounced LEE-how, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Lihau belongs with other Hawaiian names about rain and gentle.
The words inside Lihau
lihau means cool, gentle rain.
How to pronounce Lihau
Say every vowel. The vowels in Lihau are i as “ee”, a as in “father”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Lihau a boy or girl name?
Lihau is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Lihau is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Lihau, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Lihau?
Lihau is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.