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Hawaiian word · verb, noun

ulu

“to grow; breadfruit”

🌴 Names meaning treeUlu as a name

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OO-loo

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3 names

2 girl · 0 boy · 1 unisex

What does ulu mean in Hawaiian?

Ulu means to grow, increase, or spread, and a grove of trees. With an ʻokina, ʻulu is breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis), the tree that Polynesian voyagers carried across the Pacific as a staple food. Both senses feed names of growth and plenty: Kaulu is the growth, Ulukai the spreading sea, Leiulu a lei of breadfruit.

Say it OO-loo. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.

On this site ulu is part of 3 names: 2 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 tree.

Names that start with ulu (2)

Ulu comes first, and the second word says what kind.

  • Nature

    Ululani

    “heavenly breadfruit”

    Pronounced oo-loo-LAH-neeulu + lani

    Girl

  • Nature

    Uluwehi

    “lush and green, verdant beauty”

    Pronounced oo-loo-VEH-heeulu + wehi

    Girl

Other names with ulu (1)

Ulu sits in the middle of a longer name, or is the whole of it.

  • Nature

    Ulu

    “breadfruit, to grow, inspire”

    Pronounced OO-loo

    Unisex

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What does ulu mean?

Ulu means to grow; breadfruit. Ulu means to grow, increase, or spread, and a grove of trees.

How do you pronounce ulu?

OO-loo. Every vowel is a separate sound and the stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Is ulu a Hawaiian name on its own?

Yes. Ulu is used as a unisex name and has its own page. It also forms 2 longer names.

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