Given name

Kū

“upright”

Kū is a masculine given name from Hawaiian. It is used in Hawaiian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kū goes back to a word meaning “upright.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Kū comes from Hawaiian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

KūKu

The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Kū, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hawaiian · Nature

Kahoku

“resembling a star”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hawaiian

Kāne

“male”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hawaiian

Kaihe

“one who wields a spear”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hawaiian · Modern

Keanu

“resembling a cool mountain breeze” · “of the mountain breeze”

56FamiliarRising

99% boys · 1% girls

Hawaiian

Kaiwi

“the” · “bone”

No U.S. birth series

83% boys · 17% girls

Hawaiian

Akau

Akau is a surname from Hawaiian. It is used in English, Lun Bawang, and Tyap.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hawaiian

Kealiʻi

“the” · “chief, nobleman”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hawaiian · Modern

Kaleo

“the” · “voice, tune”

50UncommonRising fast

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Kū’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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