Kea as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kea

What is the meaning of the name Kea ?

The baby name Kea is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KAY-uh (ˈkeɪ.ə),KEH-ah (Hawaiian pronunciation, roughly ˈkɛ.ə).

Kea is Cornish, Dutch, Frisian, Hawaiian in Origin.

Kea is a compact, cross-cultural given name with several credible roots. In Hawaiian, kea means "white, clear," the element seen in Mauna Kea, and by extension evokes purity and brightness; it also appears within compound names such as Kealani and Keahi. In Maori usage, kea names the famed alpine parrot of New Zealand, so the personal name can suggest cleverness, curiosity, and mountain resilience. In the Brittonic world, Kea is the name of a 5th-6th century Cornish/Breton saint that gives the Cornish parish of Kea its name.

Usage has been rare but steady: it occurs as a unisex choice in Aotearoa New Zealand and Hawai'i, and as a feminine name in the Netherlands (notably tennis champion Kea Bouman). Variants and respellings include Keya and Keah; related forms arise in longer Hawaiian names beginning with Kea-.