What does Lui mean in Hawaiian?
Lui is a Hawaiian boy name that means Hawaiian form of Louis. It is pronounced LOO-ee, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Lui belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Louis in Hawaiian
Lui is the Hawaiian form of Louis, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Louis means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Louis in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Lui
Say every vowel. The vowels in Lui are u as “oo”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Lui a boy or girl name?
Lui is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Lui is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 147 U.S. babies named Lui since 1990, but that spelling is also a Chinese and Samoan name, so the count says little about the Hawaiian name.
How well recorded is Lui?
Lui has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.