Given name
Hawaii
“from the homeland; from the state of Hawaii”
Hawaii is used as a given name. One Hawaiian interpretation is “from the homeland; from the state of Hawaii.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hawaiian interpretation is “from the homeland; from the state of Hawaii.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hawaiian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hawaii through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 2014.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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