Pohaku as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pohaku

What is the meaning of the name Pohaku ?

The baby name Pohaku is a Unisex name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced poh-HAH-koo (Hawaiian Pōhaku; roughly /poːˈhɑku/, stress on the second syllable).

Pohaku is Hawaiian in Origin.

Pohaku is a Hawaiian given name derived from the noun pōhaku, “stone, rock.” In Hawaiian thought, stones embody permanence, protection, and the foundation of place; the name suggests steadfastness, resilience, and reliability. The term appears in expressions like kī‘i pōhaku (“petroglyphs”), and stones are central to heiau (temples), ahu (altars), and boundary markers, underscoring links to ancestry and guardianship.

Used by Native Hawaiian families as a unisex personal or middle name, it occurs in 19th- and early 20th-century records and gained renewed visibility during the late-20th-century Hawaiian language and cultural revival. Orthographic variants include Pōhaku (preferred in Hawaiian with a macron over o) and Pohaku (English rendering without diacritics). Informal short forms may include Po or Haku. Conceptual counterparts in other languages include Peter/Petra (Greek “rock”), Eben (Hebrew “stone”), and Ishi (Japanese “stone”).

⚙ We have no record of Pohaku in any national birth registry or name dataset. That's typically a sign of a rare name, a regional or traditional one, or a modern coinage. Either way, it's a name very few children share.