What does Nalu mean in Hawaiian?
Nalu is a Hawaiian unisex name that means wave, surf. The name comes from nalu (wave). It is pronounced NAH-loo, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Nalu belongs with other Hawaiian names about ocean and water.
The words inside Nalu
nalu means wave, surf and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Kainalu.
How to pronounce Nalu
Say every vowel. The vowels in Nalu are a as in “father”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Nalu a boy or girl name?
Nalu is listed here as unisex. Of the 169 U.S. babies given it, 11% were girls and 89% boys.
How often Nalu is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 169 U.S. babies named Nalu from 2001 to 2023 (19 girls, 150 boys). It appears in 18 of those 23 years. Its peak came in 2023, with 19, and 108 were born from 2014 to 2023. In Hawaiʻi itself, 20 babies born in the state were named Nalu from 2005 to 2021, with a peak of 5 in 2005. 5 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Nalu?
Nalu is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.