What does Pilipo mean in Hawaiian?
Pilipo is a Hawaiian boy name that means night closeness. The name comes from pili (closeness) + pō (night). It is pronounced pee-LEE-poh, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Pilipo belongs with other Hawaiian names about love and moon.
The words inside Pilipo
pili means close, clinging and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Pilialoha.
pō means night, darkness.
Philip in Hawaiian
Pilipo is the Hawaiian form of Philip, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Philip means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Philip in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Pilipo
Say every vowel. The vowels in Pilipo are i as “ee”, o as in “go”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Pilipo a boy or girl name?
Pilipo is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Pilipo is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Pilipo, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Pilipo?
Pilipo has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.