What does hiapo mean in Hawaiian?
Hiapo is the firstborn child. In traditional practice the hiapo often went to the grandparents to be raised, a form of hānai that strengthened the line between generations.
Say it hee-AH-poh. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site hiapo 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 life.