What does Uila mean in Hawaiian?
Uila is a Hawaiian unisex name that means lightning. The name comes from uila (lightning). It is pronounced oo-EE-lah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Uila belongs with other Hawaiian names about sky, light and strength.
The words inside Uila
uila means lightning, electricity.
How to pronounce Uila
Say every vowel. The vowels in Uila are u as “oo”, i as “ee”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Uila a boy or girl name?
Uila is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Uila is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Uila, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Uila?
Uila is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.