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.

Cassandra
Date: 12/14/2004, 03:39 pm
Message: Doesn't "Kalani" mean beautiful?

Kalani means 'chiefly one'. Nani is beauty or beautiful.
I have a dog named Popoki (means cat) and a cat named Ilio (means dog). Yeah, I know.....but consider my screenname.

How about Lani? (pronounced lah-nee) I have no idea what it means, but I know it's Hawaiian. I named my dog Lani.

I have gotten some great suggestions. How do you pronounce Popoki?

Thanks

Kay

poh-POH-kee

Check here under pet names:
http://www.kauaihumanesociety.org/ (the link at the bottom of the page works)

Don Ho?

message: Kona

Pualani? Mele Kalikimaka!

Roy,
"Kona" reminds of a delightful pair of Burmeses I met long ago. Dark brown, sleek and full of mischief, one was "Mocha" and the other was "Java".

Thanks Cruisin Tigger for the Kauai Animal shelter web site for Hwaiian names for pets. There were some great suggestions there.

Kay

Ceeceelani

Waipo

Kona Chip

Once heard of a siamese cat named Poi.

Malia or Keala?

We have two girls in our town with these names.

Ma - lie - a
Kee - all - a

Katsu ;)

dovima, our Burmese's name was Nabob!

My two cats are named:

Shaka (Hang loose)
Mele (short for Melekalekemaka (sp?)-
Merry Christmas)

Are you for real?? This is a travel board. Go clutter up some other space.

I was going to pass on this one, but after reading Jacqueline's contribution I thought I would keep this thread going.

How about Pila?
It means Bill I think. Good luck.
-Bill

From some of these posters unpleasant answers on various threads, I can only think that the holiday stress is building up and they need to let it out somewhere, why not on unsuspecting Fodorites?
So we should give them a break until after the holidays, then they will have to go back to being polite :D

I had a new name for the baby, <i>Lani</i> which means Sky :)
did anyone already suggest that? sorry if so.

Burmese cats? Names that Pumpy can't spell? Jackie is right - let this one die !! Please !!