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
Grammatical form

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

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.