What does Lilinoe mean in Hawaiian?
Lilinoe is a Hawaiian girl name that means fine mist, goddess of the mists of Mauna Kea. The name comes from lili (fine) + noe (mist). It is pronounced lee-lee-NOH-eh, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Lilinoe belongs with other Hawaiian names about rain, mythology and mountain.
The words inside Lilinoe
lili means jealousy and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Kalili.
noe means mist, fine rain and appears in 6 Hawaiian names, among them Noelani, Kanoe, Kanoelani, Noe.
How to pronounce Lilinoe
Say every vowel. The vowels in Lilinoe are i as “ee”, o as in “go”, e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Lilinoe a boy or girl name?
Lilinoe is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 209 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Lilinoe is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 209 U.S. babies named Lilinoe from 1995 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 21 of those 29 years. Its peak was 2019, with 18. The 2014 to 2023 total of 128 is more than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 94 babies born in the state were named Lilinoe from 2006 to 2021, with a peak of 12 in 2019. 57 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Lilinoe?
Lilinoe has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.