At a Glance: Name: Aloha – Meaning: love, affection, compassion – Origin: Hawaiian – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: uh-LOH-hah
Aloha is a Hawaiian unisex name meaning “love, affection, compassion”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Aloha
Meaning: Love, affection, compassion.
Origin: Hawaiian.
A common claim: Best known worldwide simply as the Hawaiian greeting for 'hello' and 'goodbye.' Actually: That's accurate but incomplete -- the word's core sense is 'love, affection, compassion'; its use as a greeting grew out of that deeper meaning rather than being the original sense.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Aloha
Phonetic: uh-LOH-hah IPA: /əˈloʊhɑː/
Popularity of Aloha
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1913–2020.
Lists That Include Aloha
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