What does ʻUmi mean in Hawaiian?
ʻUmi is a Hawaiian boy name that means ten, ʻUmi-a-Līloa, a celebrated king of Hawaiʻi Island. The name comes from ʻumi (ten). It is pronounced OO-mee, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
ʻUmi belongs with other Hawaiian names about royalty.
The words inside ʻUmi
ʻumi means ten.
How to pronounce ʻUmi
Say every vowel. The vowels in ʻUmi are u as “oo”, i as “ee”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in ʻUmi is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is ʻUmi a boy or girl name?
ʻUmi is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 178 U.S. babies given it, 88% were girls and 12% boys.
How often ʻUmi is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 178 U.S. babies named ʻUmi from 2006 to 2023 (157 girls, 21 boys), counted as Umi because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 16 of those 18 years. Its peak came in 2021, with 33, and 141 were born from 2014 to 2023. In the Hawaiʻi records it never reaches five births of one sex in a year, the level at which a name is listed. Although it is listed here as a boy's name, more girls than boys have been given it in the U.S.
How well recorded is ʻUmi?
ʻUmi is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.