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Loea

Pronounced loh-EH-ah

“expert, skilled person”

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loh·EH·ah

3 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

What does Loea mean in Hawaiian?

Loea is a Hawaiian unisex name that means expert, skilled person. The name comes from loea (skilled). It is pronounced loh-EH-ah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Loea belongs with other Hawaiian names about wisdom.

The words inside Loea

loea means skill, expertise.

How to pronounce Loea

Say every vowel. The vowels in Loea are o as in “go”, e as in “bet”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Loea a boy or girl name?

Loea is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.

How often Loea is given in the U.S.

No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Loea, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.

How well recorded is Loea?

Loea is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Loea?

loh-EH-ah, in 3 syllables, with the stress on EH.

Is Loea a girl's or a boy's name?

Loea is unisex. Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender, and this one is given to both boys and girls.

What does Loea mean in Hawaiian?

expert, skilled person. It comes from loea (skilled).

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

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