Entry № 4329 · Hawaiian origin

Hokulei Hokulei — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ hoh-koo-LAY /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hawaiian
Meaning
"Heavenly garland of stars"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hawaiian)

A name that means "heavenly garland of stars".

Hokulei (Hōkū-lei) combines the Hawaiian hōkū (star) and lei (garland) — "garland of stars" or "crown of stars." A poetic Hawaiian feminine name.

Used widely in Hawaii.

Heavenly garland of stars. The Hawaiian.

The name in its native script.

Hōkūlei
Transliteration
Hōkūlei
Pronunciation
/ ˌhoʊ.kuːˈleɪ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hokulei stands.

Hokulei does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Hokuleis before her.

Real people
Hokulei
Common Hawaiian name.
In fiction
Hokulei
Common in Hawaiian fiction.

Names connected to Hokulei.

The number behind Hokulei.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hokulei reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.