What does kaʻeo mean in Hawaiian?
Kaʻeo is full to the brim — of energy, of enthusiasm, of whatever is being poured in. Used of a person it means wholehearted.
Kaʻeokūlani, a chief of Kauaʻi in the eighteenth century, carried the name; so did later figures. It reads as vigorous rather than merely cheerful.
Say it kah-EH-oh. 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 kaʻeo is part of 2 names: 1 begin with it, 0 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are boy names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning strength.