Lihue as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lihue

What is the meaning of the name Lihue ?

The baby name Lihue is a Unisex name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced LEE-hoo-eh (with a slight glottal stop before the final 'e').

Lihue is Hawaiian in Origin.

Lihue is a Hawaiian unisex given name taken from the island place name Līhu‘e, the county seat of Kaua‘i. In Hawaiian, Līhu‘e is widely translated as “cold chill,” a poetic image of crisp upland winds and mist that has long colored local place-name lore. As a given name, it shares the Hawaiian tradition of drawing from evocative natural features and significant locales.

Documented in 19th- and 20th-century records and used today, Lihue often honors family ties to Kaua‘i or a love of that landscape. Contemporary Hawaiian revitalization has encouraged the diacritically correct Līhu‘e in personal names, though the Anglicized Lihue remains common; you may also see Lihu‘e (okina only) or occasional Li-hue. The name is gender-neutral in Hawaiian custom and carries associations of freshness, clarity, and a cooling, tranquil presence.

⚙ Lihue is rarely chosen. In all, it turns up just 28 times, across 4 countries.