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Hawaiian word · noun

kekona

“second”

Say it

keh-KOH-nah

In names

1 names

0 girl · 0 boy · 1 unisex

What does kekona mean in Hawaiian?

Kekona is the second, borrowed from English, used both for the ordinal and for the unit of time.

Say it keh-KOH-nah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.

On this site kekona is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 0 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. They split evenly between girls and boys, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning earth.

Other names with kekona (1)

Kekona sits in the middle of a longer name, or is the whole of it.

  • Hawaiian

    Kekona

    “second, second-born”

    Pronounced keh-KOH-nah

    Unisex

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What does kekona mean?

Kekona means second. Kekona is the second, borrowed from English, used both for the ordinal and for the unit of time..

How do you pronounce kekona?

keh-KOH-nah. Every vowel is a separate sound and the stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Is kekona a Hawaiian name on its own?

Yes. Kekona is used as a unisex name and has its own page. It also forms 0 longer names.

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