What does Kamehameha mean?
Kamehameha is a Hawaiian boy name that means the lonely one, the one set apart. The name comes from ka (the) + mehameha (lonely, solitary). It is pronounced kah-meh-hah-MEH-hah, with 5 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kamehameha I united the Hawaiian Islands in 1810.
Kamehameha belongs with other Hawaiian names about royalty and warrior.
How to pronounce Kamehameha
Say every vowel. A as in “father”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, o as in “go”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kamehameha a boy or girl name?
Kamehameha is used mainly as a boy's name. Like most Hawaiian names it has no grammatical gender, so it can be given to any child, but modern usage leans masculine.