Pauahi

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From pau (end) + ahi (fire). Made famous by the last heir of Kamehameha, Bernice Pauahi Bishop, named after an aunt who had been saved from a fire as a child.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pauahi

  1. a female or (sometimes) male given name from Hawaiian
  2. a name ascribed to a star

References

  • Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986, page 320
  • Mary Hannah Krout: The Memoirs of Hon. Bernice Pauahi Bishop, 1908, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008, →ISBN, pages 19-20
  • Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Pauahi occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 7 women and 13 men.