Baby names

[Glen Miyashiro]

Poking around the Star-Bulletin's web site, I ran across the Vital Statistics page, which lists marriage licenses and birth certificates issued in the state. There were 44 birth certificates issued in the past week! I was curious about the ethnic origins of these babies' names. By my count, of the 44 babies here, there are 22 Hawaiian names, 13 Japanese names, 9 Filipino names, 4 Samoan names, 2 Chinese names, and 1 Korean name.

(Many of these kids have more than one ethnicity in their name, so the numbers won't neatly add up. In counting names, I counted both surnames and given names. I didn't bother looking for haole names because lots of people have haole names; however, if you've got a Japanese name for example, chances are you've got some Japanese in your family somewhere. Hawaiian is more problematic as lots of non-Hawaiians like to give their kids Hawaiian names.)

What's my point? I dunno; I just liked looking at the names of all these babies, and imagining them all growing up together.

Bonnie Leka 'Aho
Archie Edward Kekoa Abarca Aliganga
Taylan Dae Sung An
Teanekuma Iupeli Tyler Atuaia
Rose Harriet Barris
Hylen Ka`umana Ah Sing Cabanilla
Landon Pakeupali Nakasone Calhoun
Kahokunani Mae Canlas
Jada Rene`e Alohanapua Carinio
Michael Takano Colton
Cianna Lucille Kaleonahenahe Comilang
Koa Duke Cress
Bryson Mua'autauaumaiafaifaigauamalo Danielson
Logan Sophia Deuchar
Ericka Kahealani Donre
John Falcon Keoni III Mabanag Dylim
Kira Leilani Endo
Hannah Maiya Fasi
West Robert Federizo
Deijah Leina`ala Fujiyama
Kaydenn Kawika Fukumoto
Cody Yosuke Higaki
Dane Micah Keahi
Chase Masa Kunihisa
Kylie Hosaka Lauderdale
Tiave Maina Lepisi
Kuualoha Misao Lloyd
Melissa-Ann Mari Kaleialoha Malina
Maya Victoria Mann
Alan Zhuo Heng Mo
Destiny Leialoha Modesto
Zachary Sanosuke Osada
Milo J. Pontius Pennington
Makaio Kealoha Ramos
Jayjay Rj Rayner
Ezra Tyee David Hinchliffe Robertson
Wyatt Ke Kama O Ke Kahuna Kalai Ryun
Eve Birdie Saltzman
Kyler Ryen Dait Saoit
Aiko Shimmura
Ocean Kapakonaneakamahinaikapoliokealoha Shook
Noah Lorenzo-marciel Tabion
Taysia-Lynn Paiau Leaniva Tagovailoa
Hikaru Tiara Mele Takahashi

[pzarquon]

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God, I love Hawaii. A Rose Harriet Barris and Ocean Kapakonaneakamahinaikapoliokealoha Shook in one city in one week, and that's just for starters!

And funny you should post this now... my wife and I plan to add a name to the new baby rolls one week from today. We're still debating the first name of our soon-to-be third child (and second son)... but there'll definitely be a Japanese and Hawaiian middle name in there.

True, Hawaiian names are pretty popular even among non-Hawaiians, but our kids have a smidgen of koko ma`oli from my mother's side: my grandmother was half Hawaiian. Not that I think there's neccessarily anything wrong with gifting your child with a piece of the islands no matter what your background (though I know some folks will disagree). Hawaii's impossible to get out of your system, so why not really make it a part of you?

Just don't name your kid Haupia. Yes, there is a kid out there with that name... my wife met her a few months ago.

[Glen Miyashiro]

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Let's see, that would make your kids... one-sixteenth Hawaiian? Hey, that's plenty enough to enroll 'em at Kamehameha.

And good luck on the new baby, Ryan and Jen! Keep us all informed - and post pictures!

[Leimamo]

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Not that I think there's neccessarily anything wrong with gifting your child with a piece of the islands no matter what your background (though I know some folks will disagree). Hawaii's impossible to get out of your system, so why not really make it a part of you?

You know Ryan, it's cute when I come across military children who were born in Hawaii. They actually call themselves Hawaiian, much like a person from Washington would call themselves a Washingtonian. At first this confused my kids because they knew for a fact the children weren't Hawaiian (the race). I had to explain it to them and even after explaining it to them, they still insisted their friends weren't "real" Hawaiians. ~L~ .. Both sides were correct.

[Mocha]

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My kids are Chinese/Japanese and I regret not giving at least the girls Japanese middle names. One has an English middle name and the other has a Chinese middle name. Both of my boys have Chinese middle names. For us choosing a middle name was important...the meaning especially...my mother-in-law had someone choose the name by the day and time of each child's birth. I'm sure other ethinicity's have the same procedure...good meaning, good luck.

[kamlost]

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I pity some of those babies! Some names are too long, my ass, poor hands when learning how to spell and write!

[Kilinahe]

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Hey, anybody notice there's a baby named Fasi in that list? Any relation, I wonder?

[Mocha]

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It's very true that some of the names for the kids are soooo long that you wonder if when it says "Please write your complete name" if they have a cheat sheet to remember!

[kamlost]

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Did you guys see the article on CNN about Names?

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science...eut/index.html

anyone named Matt?

[craigwatanabe]

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It's very true that some of the names for the kids are soooo long that you wonder if when it says "Please write your complete name" if they have a cheat sheet to remember!

No matter how long the Hawaiian name will be, they'll always be nick named "KK" I have a female friend and a male nephew with that name because it's too hard to remember that novel that describes their middle name. I like the KISS method...Keep It Simple StuXXid for the sake of the kid. You can leave his family history in his baby book that you'll never fill past the first baby pictures.

[Linkmeister]

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Hey, anybody notice there's a baby named Fasi in that list? Any relation, I wonder?

I saw that too. Frank and Joyce have great-grandkids, I'll bet.

[Linkmeister]

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Regarding length of names, everytime I sign a credit card slip I wish mine were shorter. My last name is 10 letters long. I have a friend whose last name is only three letters long, but his first name was seven letters, and when he went to Navy Supply Officers School (a long long time ago) he was advised he'd be signing a zillion things a day, so he should shorten his signature. He did. First initial, middle initial, full last name. Five letters total.

Mine? 18 letters.

[helen]

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Ocean K. Shook should be okay as far as signing stuff is concerned. Initialing stuff on the other hand would come out as OKS.

I am just feelimg sorry for those database admin types who down the road are going to encounter 30+ character length on just the middle name alone.

[Glen Miyashiro]

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You know, I didn't think to look at initials. I wonder if the parents of Teanekuma Iupeli Tyler Atuaia chose those initials on purpose?

[kamlost]

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what does TITA mean?