What does ʻilima mean in Hawaiian?
ʻIlima (Sida fallax) is a native shrub with small orange flowers, the flower of Oʻahu. A single lei took hundreds of blossoms, so ʻilima lei were once reserved for chiefs. ʻIlima is a girl's name, and it forms Leiʻilima (ʻilima lei), Kaʻilima (the ʻilima), and ʻIlimalani (heavenly ʻilima).
Say it ee-LEE-mah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The ʻokina (ʻ) is a short catch in the voice, like the break in “uh-oh”. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site ʻilima is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 0 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning flower.