What does pili mean in Hawaiian?
Pili is closeness — things that cling together, people who belong to one another, a relationship of attachment.
It is the word for a personal connection: pili koko is a blood relation, pilialoha a bond of love. Pili is also the bunchgrass used for thatching houses, so named because the stems cling.
In names it says a child belongs, which is among the warmest things a Hawaiian name can say.
Say it PEE-lee. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site pili is part of 2 names: 2 begin with it, 0 end with it. Most are boy names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning love.