Entry № 5817 · Hawaiian origin

Lehua Lehua — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ leh-HOO-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hawaiian
Meaning
"Red flower (the ohia lehua)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hawaiian)

A name that means "red flower (the ohia lehua)".

Lehua is the Hawaiian word for the red flower of the ohia tree — sacred to the goddess Pele and the official flower of Hawaii Island. According to legend, Ohia and Lehua were lovers transformed by jealous gods into a tree and its flowers.

Lehua is widely used in Hawaii.

Sacred red flower. The Hawaiian Pele's blossom.

The name in its native script.

Lehua
Transliteration
Lehua
Pronunciation
/ ləˈhuː.ə /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Lehua stands.

Lehua 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.

Lehuas before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Lehua
Common in Hawaiian legend.

Names connected to Lehua.

The number behind Lehua.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lehua reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.