Hawaiian Names

This Hawaiian take on Miriam has all the sounds of a modern-day smash hit — think Amelia, Mila, etc. — but is virtually undiscovered.

The name of the only queen and last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, which was overthrown in January 1893.

A unisex name in Hawaii, with great potential for cool nickname Ma(c)k.

A lovely and lovable Hawaiian word meaning "sweetheart," Ipo is sometimes used as a given name or found as an element of names, as in Kaipo.

Names ending in -lani have become so fashionable, people have taken up creating pseudo-Hawaiian names that emulate the sounds of the language (here's looking at you, Meilani). Mililani is at once on-trend, extremely rare, and authentically Hawaiian — the best of all worlds.

This lovely Hawaiian name may need some additional support for spelling and pronunciation.

Visitors to Hawaii's Garden Isle may want to commemorate the island's beauty with this place-name.

A beautiful and approachable Hawaiian girl's name that would easily cross into the mainland.

An intruiging and rare Hawaiian "-lani" name to add to the books if you are looking for an alternative to trendy Leilani and Kehlani.

One of the many Hawaiian variants of European names to come out of King Kamehameha IV's 1860 edict mandating the use of Western-style baby names in the tropical archipelago.

An intriguing pathway to the hip nickname Kai.

In Hawaiian mythology, Hiʻiaka is the volcano goddess Pele's youngest and most favorite sister. Hiʻiaka is derived from the Hawaiian components hiʻi, meaning "hold; carry" and aka, "embryo; essence", which fits with the legend of Hiʻiaka's birth.

A beautiful Hawaiian boy's name that feels like the male equivalent to popular Kailani and co.

A unisex Hawaiian name with a fitting meaning. It also happens to mean "cloud" in Maori.