What does Mahiʻai mean in Hawaiian?
Mahiʻai is a Hawaiian boy name that means farmer, one who cultivates. The name comes from mahiʻai (to farm). It is pronounced mah-hee-AH-ee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Mahiʻai belongs with other Hawaiian names about earth and nature.
The words inside Mahiʻai
mahiʻai means farmer, to farm.
How to pronounce Mahiʻai
Say every vowel. The vowels in Mahiʻai are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Mahiʻai is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Mahiʻai a boy or girl name?
Mahiʻai is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Mahiʻai is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Mahiʻai, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Mahiʻai?
Mahiʻai has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.