What does mele mean in Hawaiian?
Mele is a song, a chant, or a poem, and to sing. Hawaiian history and genealogy were kept in mele, and mele inoa, name chants, were composed to honor a child or chief. Mele is a girl's name (also the Hawaiian form of Mary in some families), and it forms Kamele (the song), Melelani (heavenly song), and Leimele (a lei of song).
Say it MEH-leh. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site mele is part of 4 names: 1 begin with it, 2 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning music.