Entry № 6274 · Hawaiian origin

Maile Maile — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MIE-leh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hawaiian
Meaning
"Sacred vine, fragrance"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hawaiian)

A name that means "sacred vine, fragrance".

Maile is the Hawaiian word for the sacred maile vine — a fragrant evergreen used in Hawaiian ceremonies and weddings to make lei. The maile lei is a symbol of respect, peace, and aloha.

Maile is widely used in Hawaii.

Sacred vine. The Hawaiian ceremonial lei.

The name in its native script.

Maile
Transliteration
Maile
Pronunciation
/ ˈmaɪ.lɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Maile stands.

Maile 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.

Mailes before her.

Real people
Maile Meloy
American novelist.
born 1972
In fiction
Maile
Common in Hawaiian fiction.

Names connected to Maile.

The number behind Maile.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Maile reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.