What does kaulana mean in Hawaiian?
Kaulana is fame — being widely known and spoken of. It also names a resting place, from kau, to rest, and the two senses are separate words that converged in spelling.
Say it kow-LAH-nah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site kaulana is part of 3 names: 1 begin with it, 1 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.