What does hiwa mean in Hawaiian?
Hiwa means choice, precious, or esteemed. It originally described the solid black pig or fish that was the most valued offering to the gods, and from there came to mean anything prized. Kahiwa is the prized one, Leihiwa a treasured lei, Puahiwa a precious flower.
Say it HEE-vah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site hiwa is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 1 end with it. They split evenly between girls and boys, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning gift.