What does Pali mean in Hawaiian?
Pali is a Hawaiian unisex name that means cliff. The name comes from pali (cliff). It is pronounced PAH-lee, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Pali belongs with other Hawaiian names about earth and mountain.
The words inside Pali
pali means cliff, precipice and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Kapali.
How to pronounce Pali
Say every vowel. The vowels in Pali are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Pali a boy or girl name?
Pali is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Pali is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Pali, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Pali?
Pali is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.