The baby name Kekaimalie is a Female name , 5 syllables long and is pronounced keh-kai-mah-LEE-eh.
Kekaimalie is Hawaiian in Origin.
The baby name Kekaimalie is a Female name , 5 syllables long and is pronounced keh-kai-mah-LEE-eh.
Kekaimalie is Hawaiian in Origin.
Rooted in the Hawaiian language, Kekaimalie derives from ke (the) + kai (sea) + mālie (calm, gentle), forming the phrase “the calm sea.” In Hawaiian naming practice, such nature phrases convey blessings and desired qualities; this name evokes serenity, fair weather, and safe passage, suggesting a composed spirit and steady strength.
Documented as a traditional phrase-name and used as a unisex given name, it remains rare outside Hawaiʻi but has seen renewed favor alongside the late-20th-century Hawaiian language revitalization. Orthographic variants reflect spacing and diacritics: Ke kai mālie (fully spaced), Kekaimālie (compounded), Ke Kai Mālie or Ke-Kai-Mālie (title case/hyphenated), and the anglicized Kekaimalie without kahakō. Related forms include Kaimālie (without the article ke) and Mālie; familiar nicknames are Kai and Mālie. Preserving the macron in mālie clarifies pronunciation and meaning.
We have no record of Kekaimalie in any national birth registry or name dataset. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. Whatever the reason, hardly anyone else has it.
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