What does Naupaka mean in Hawaiian?
Naupaka is a Hawaiian girl name that means a beach shrub whose half-flowers recall a legend of separated lovers. The name comes from naupaka (Scaevola). It is pronounced now-PAH-kah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Naupaka belongs with other Hawaiian names about flower, ocean and mythology.
The words inside Naupaka
naupaka means a native shrub.
How to pronounce Naupaka
Say every vowel. The vowels in Naupaka are a as in “father”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Naupaka a boy or girl name?
Naupaka is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Naupaka is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Naupaka, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Naupaka?
Naupaka is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.