What does Uluwehi mean in Hawaiian?
Uluwehi is a Hawaiian girl name that means lush and green, verdant beauty. The name comes from ulu (to grow) + wehi (adornment). It is pronounced oo-loo-VEH-hee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Uluwehi belongs with other Hawaiian names about nature, beauty and tree.
The words inside Uluwehi
ulu means to grow and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Ululani, Ulu.
wehi means adornment, ornament and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Kawehi, Wehi.
How to pronounce Uluwehi
Say every vowel. The vowels in Uluwehi are u as “oo”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”. A w after i or e is pronounced like a v. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Uluwehi a boy or girl name?
Uluwehi is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Uluwehi is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Uluwehi, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Uluwehi?
Uluwehi is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.