What does ʻumi mean in Hawaiian?
ʻUmi is ten. It is also the name of ʻUmi-a-Līloa, a celebrated chief of Hawaiʻi Island whose story of rising from obscurity to rule is among the best known in the oral tradition.
Say it OO-mee. 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 ʻumi is part of 1 names: 0 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 earth.