Hawaiian Names Meaning Earth, Land, or Home

ʻĀina is the land that feeds, one is sand, and hale is home. These names root a child to place.

Spotlight · names meaning earth

Ailana
“island (from the English loanword)”
ʻailana (island)
eye-LAH-nahGirl
Akamu
“Hawaiian form of Adam”
borrowed from Adam (earth)
ah-KAH-mooBoy
Kahale
“the house, the home”
kathe+halehouse
kah-HAH-lehBoy

26 names · 4 girl · 12 boy · 10 unisex

Ailana
island (from the English loanword)
eye-LAH-nah🌊🏝️Girl
Akamu
Hawaiian form of Adam
ah-KAH-moo📖🏝️Boy
Kahale
the house, the home
kah-HAH-leh🏝️Boy
ka+hale
Keoki
Hawaiian form of George
keh-OH-kee🏝️Boy
Keone
the sand, the homeland
keh-OH-neh🏝️🌊Boy
ke+one
Kiona
brown hills (popular reading), modern name
kee-OH-nah🏝️Girl
Lono
god of agriculture, rain, fertility and peace
LOH-noh🌋🌧️🕊️Boy
Pele
lava, the volcano goddess
PEH-leh🔥🌋🏝️Girl
ʻĀina
land, that which feeds
AH-ee-nah🏝️Unisex
Hilo
new moon, to braid or twist
HEE-loh🌙🏝️Boy
Kaʻanā
the cave (chiefly name from Molokaʻi legends)
kah-ah-NAH🏝️Boy
ka+ana
Kahakai
the seashore, the beach
kah-hah-KYE🌊🏝️Unisex
Kahua
foundation, site, principle
kah-HOO-ah💪🏝️Boy
Kaiwi
the bone, ancestral link
KYE-vee💪🏝️Boy
ka+iwi
Kamaʻāina
native-born, child of the land
kah-mah-AH-ee-nah🏝️❤️Unisex
kama+ʻāina
Kāneʻohe
bamboo man
kah-neh-OH-heh🏝️🌴Unisex
kāne+ʻohe
Kapali
the cliff
kah-PAH-lee🏝️⛰️💪Boy
ka+pali
Kīhei
shawl, cape, a town on Maui
KEE-hay🏝️Boy
Kīlauea
spewing, much spreading, the active volcano
kee-low-EH-ah🔥🏝️Unisex
Lahaina
cruel sun, the old royal capital on Maui
lah-HYE-nah☀️🏝️Unisex
lā+hainā
Lehuakona
lehua blossom of Kona
leh-hoo-ah-KOH-nah🌺🏝️Girl
Mahiʻai
farmer, one who cultivates
mah-hee-AH-ee🏝️🌿Boy
Mānoa
vast, deep, a valley in Honolulu
MAH-noh-ah🏝️🌧️Unisex
Pali
cliff
PAH-lee🏝️⛰️Unisex
Waimea
reddish water
wye-MEH-ah💧🏝️Unisex
wai+mea
Waipiʻo
curved water, the sacred valley of Hawaiʻi Island
wye-PEE-oh💧🏝️Unisex
wai+piʻo

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Questions people ask

What Hawaiian girl names mean earth?

Ailana (island (from the English loanword)), Kiona (brown hills (popular reading), modern name), Pele (lava, the volcano goddess), Lehuakona (lehua blossom of Kona).

What Hawaiian boy names mean earth?

Akamu (Hawaiian form of Adam), Kahale (the house, the home), Keoki (Hawaiian form of George), Keone (the sand, the homeland), Lono (god of agriculture, rain, fertility and peace), Hilo (new moon, to braid or twist).