What does uʻi mean in Hawaiian?
Uʻi is youthful beauty, and it describes a handsome young man or a beautiful young woman. Kauʻi is the beauty and a well-used girl's name, Uʻilani heavenly beauty, Leiuʻi a lei of beauty.
Say it OO-ee. 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 uʻi is part of 5 names: 2 begin with it, 1 end with it, and 2 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning beauty.