Kekoa
Meaning of Kekoa
Kekoa is a modern transliteration of the Hawaiian phrase “ke koa,” literally “the warrior,” and by extension “the brave one,” a meaning that lends the name an understated vigor without sounding theatrical. Its cultural roots reach into both the ancestral importance of the koa warrior caste and the island’s famed koa tree—prized for a wood that is light in weight yet remarkably strong, a neat botanical echo of the virtue it celebrates. In the continental United States, Kekoa has hovered in the lower half of the Top 1,000 since the mid-1970s, never wildly popular but reliably present, rather like a steady trade wind amid gustier naming fashions. Parents who choose it often cite surfing culture, Polynesian heritage, or a desire for a phonetic break from the prevailing Judeo-Christian repertoire. The name’s three crisp syllables make it easy to pronounce, while the glottal stop in Hawaiian provides just enough linguistic intrigue to satisfy those who collect such details.
Pronunciation
Hawaiian
- Pronunced as keh-KOH-ah (/kekoʔa/)
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