What does Kaʻahupāhau mean?
Kaʻahupāhau is a Hawaiian girl name that means the shark goddess who guards Pearl Harbor. The name comes from legendary name. It is pronounced kah-ah-hoo-PAH-how, with 5 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kaʻahupāhau belongs with other Hawaiian names about mythology and ocean.
How to pronounce Kaʻahupāhau
Say every vowel. A as in “father”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, o as in “go”, u as “oo”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Kaʻahupāhau is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kaʻahupāhau a boy or girl name?
Kaʻahupāhau is used mainly as a girl's name. Like most Hawaiian names it has no grammatical gender, so it can be given to any child, but modern usage leans feminine.