What does Punahele mean in Hawaiian?
Punahele is a Hawaiian unisex name that means favorite, cherished one. The name comes from punahele (favorite). It is pronounced poo-nah-HEH-leh, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Punahele belongs with other Hawaiian names about love.
The words inside Punahele
punahele means favourite.
How to pronounce Punahele
Say every vowel. The vowels in Punahele are u as “oo”, a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Punahele a boy or girl name?
Punahele is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Punahele is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Punahele, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Punahele?
Punahele is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.