Given name
Keone
“the”·“sand; homeland”
Keone is a masculine given name from Hawaiian. It is used in Hawaiian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Keone is built from elements meaning “the” and “sand; homeland”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keone through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 610
- 610 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,221 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,221 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 2.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 483 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Keone’s family of names
Keone may belong to the same name family as KEONNE. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Keone
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Keone, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Keoki
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Kimo
“he who supplants”
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Kaipo
Kaipo is used as a given name. One Hawaiian interpretation is “one who embraces others; a sweetheart Каурo, Каеро, Каро.”
>99% boys
Ikaika
“having great strength”
>99% boys
Kainalu
“sea” · “wave”
>99% boys
Kaulana
“a well-known young woman”
96% boys · 4% girls