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Hawaiian word · noun

haku

“lord, master; to braid”

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HAH-koo

In names

1 names

0 girl · 0 boy · 1 unisex

What does haku mean in Hawaiian?

Haku is a lord or master, the one in charge. As a verb it is to braid or to compose — to put a lei together, and to make a song. A haku mele is a composer, someone who braids words.

Say it HAH-koo. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.

On this site haku is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 0 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. They split evenly between girls and boys, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning royalty.

Other names with haku (1)

Haku sits in the middle of a longer name, or is the whole of it.

  • Royal

    Haku

    “master, to compose or weave a lei”

    Pronounced HAH-koo

    Unisex

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What does haku mean?

Haku means lord, master; to braid. Haku is a lord or master, the one in charge.

How do you pronounce haku?

HAH-koo. Every vowel is a separate sound and the stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Is haku a Hawaiian name on its own?

Yes. Haku is used as a unisex name and has its own page. It also forms 0 longer names.

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