What does Pōmaikaʻi mean in Hawaiian?
Pōmaikaʻi is a Hawaiian unisex name that means blessing, good fortune. The name comes from pōmaikaʻi (blessed). It is pronounced poh-my-KAH-ee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Pōmaikaʻi belongs with other Hawaiian names about gift and hope.
The words inside Pōmaikaʻi
pōmaikaʻi means blessed, fortunate.
How to pronounce Pōmaikaʻi
Say every vowel. The vowels in Pōmaikaʻi are o as in “go”, a as in “father”, i as “ee”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Pōmaikaʻi is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Pōmaikaʻi a boy or girl name?
Pōmaikaʻi is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Pōmaikaʻi is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 10 U.S. babies named Pōmaikaʻi from 1990 to 2023, all girls, counted as Pomaikai because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 2 of those 34 years. No year since 1999 has five or more babies of either sex given it. In Hawaiʻi itself, 5 babies born in the state were named Pōmaikaʻi from 1999 to 2021, with a peak of 5 in 1999. No year after 1999 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Pōmaikaʻi?
Pōmaikaʻi has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.