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A minority of parents have started giving nothing but Hawaiian names to their children. In births registered on Oʻahu 2001–2002, about 25% of girls and 15% of boys received at least one Hawaiian name. Names with negative meaning have disappeared in this sample, and the unisex quality is waning.
Considering a Hawaiian baby name? Here are the top 55 Hawaiian baby names, including Kai and Koa for baby boys, and Leilani and Kaia for baby girls.
The words Makua Hanai in Eddie Aikau's full name means feeding parent, [3] an adoptive, nurturing, fostering parent, [4] [5] in the Hawaiian language. He was a descendant of Hewahewa, the kahuna nui (high priest) of King Kamehameha I and his successor Kamehameha II. [6] Aikau first learned how to surf on the shorebreak of Kahului Harbor.
A surviving monument to this history are the "Wizard Stones" of Kapaemāhū on Waikiki Beach, which commemorate four important māhū who first brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaiʻi. [9] These are referred to by Hawaiian historian Mary Kawena Pukui as pae māhū , or literally a row of māhū . [ 10 ]
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The origins of the word predate the 1778 arrival of Captain James Cook, as recorded in several chants stemming from that time. [4] [5] The term was generally given to people of European descent; however, as more distinct terms began to be applied to individual European cultures and other non-European nations, the word haole began to refer mostly to Americans, including American Blacks (who ...
Lani in the Hawaiian language means "heaven", and in some cases, "sky". [1] The word is derived from Proto-Polynesian *raŋi. [2] Lani is a relatively common name in the Hawaiian language. Last Queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani, had a name including the term lani.
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