Hawiian name for new kitten
 

Hi all

I went to Hawaii this fall and fell in love with the islands. I am getting a female calico (black,white,orange ) kitten for Christmas and would love to give it a hawaiin name. Can anyone suggest any beautiful hawaiian names or words that would work for names

Thanks

Kay

We call ours "Popoki"

Kolohe, Pilikia, Ho`ononi and Bud are the names of some of the neighborhood popoki. Except for Bud, not so much beautiful as fitting names for them.

I have a tortoiseshell female (black,copper,beige) & I named her Haleakala which means House of the sun. She brings a lot of sunshine into my life & always reminds me of my love for Maui.

Sorry, definitions:

Popoki=cat
Kolohe=mishchievious, impish, bawdy
Pilikia=trouble, nuisance
Ho`ononi=cause trouble
Bud=friend; bad cheap domestic beer; pakalolo

How about one of the flower names, like Pikake or Tiare. Or if she has a noble and queenly demeanor, how about Noelani?

Long ago my dad brought home a scrawny Siamese kitty which he named Kahuna. Eventually, the kitten grew into a full sized yowlin', howlin', cross-eyed bruiser. A real Mieser. But while he was a kitten, "Kahuna" was just too big a name for him, so we called him Kiki until he grew into it.

You would probably have better luck if you went to a Hawiian message board. I'm sure a google search would yield results. I just entered "message boards hawaii" as a search & got 4,660,000 results.

Poopoo or Aloha

I named my chihuahua "Hoku." It means "star."

"Kal Kahuna" this will be Fodor's related name :)

How about "keiki," which means kid.

How about...

Meowee?

ha, good one Jersey!

Doesn't "Kalani" mean beautiful?

how about Kameha? I understand it means precious one.

Thanks for the great replys. I knew you guys would come through but how do I pronounce some of these names :-) ???

Kay

rb - LOL! Only 4 million???

That's very good! LOL!

"..how do I pronounce some of these names???"

hmmm...... you think the cat will know the difference?

How about " Mele " < mel-ee > since you are getting the kitten for Christmas, and Christmas in Hawaian is Mele Kalikimaka.

Sorry to correct you, Kate, but "mele" is pronounced may-lay and it means song, or in the case of "mele Kalikimaka," it means merry. Kalikimaka means Christmas. There is no R in the Hawaiian language, thus the English "merry" became "mele."

Sorry, Thanks, here today. Oh well, it sounded good.