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.