What does Palila mean?
Palila is a Hawaiian girl name that means a native honeycreeper bird of Mauna Kea. The name comes from palila (Loxioides bailleui). It is pronounced pah-LEE-lah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Palila belongs with other Hawaiian names about bird and nature.
How to pronounce Palila
Say every vowel. A as in “father”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, o as in “go”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Palila a boy or girl name?
Palila is used mainly as a girl's name. Like most Hawaiian names it has no grammatical gender, so it can be given to any child, but modern usage leans feminine.