ʻEhu

See also: ʻehu and 'ehu

Hawaiian

Etymology

From ʻehu (“sea spray; reddish hair”); name of an ancient chief. Also a short form of compound given names containing this word.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔe.hu/, [ˈʔɛ.hu]

Proper noun

ʻEhu

  1. a male or (sometimes) female given name from Hawaiian

References
  • Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986
  • Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Ehu (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name of 17 women and 30 men.
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