Given name & surname
Keawe
“a lovable young man”
Keawe is used as a given name and a surname. One Hawaiian interpretation is “a lovable young man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hawaiian interpretation is “a lovable young man.”
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 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keawe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 153
- 153 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,956 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,956 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 167 as a first name in 2020; 262 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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