What does Pilialoha mean in Hawaiian?
Pilialoha is a Hawaiian unisex name that means beloved companion, close friendship. The name comes from pili (close) + aloha (love). It is pronounced pee-lee-ah-LOH-hah, with 5 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Pilialoha belongs with other Hawaiian names about love.
The words inside Pilialoha
pili means close, clinging and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Pilipo.
aloha means love, affection, compassion and appears in 8 Hawaiian names, among them Kealoha, Leialoha, Aloha, Kaleialoha.
How to pronounce Pilialoha
Say every vowel. The vowels in Pilialoha are i as “ee”, a as in “father”, o as in “go”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Pilialoha a boy or girl name?
Pilialoha is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Pilialoha is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Pilialoha, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Pilialoha?
Pilialoha is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.