What does Makanui mean in Hawaiian?
Makanui is a Hawaiian boy name that means great eye. The name comes from maka (eye) + nui (big). It is pronounced mah-kah-NOO-ee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Makanui belongs with other Hawaiian names about love and strength.
The words inside Makanui
maka means eye, face and appears in 5 Hawaiian names, among them Kamaka, Kaleikaumaka, Maka, Nāmaka.
nui means big, great, important and appears in 4 Hawaiian names, among them Kahananui, ʻŌpūnui, Ahonui.
How to pronounce Makanui
Say every vowel. The vowels in Makanui are a as in “father”, u as “oo”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Makanui a boy or girl name?
Makanui is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Makanui is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Makanui, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Makanui?
Makanui has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.