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Barbi Benton, model/actress, has a home in Hawaii. Henri Berger, composer and royal bandmaster of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Daniel Bess, actor, Rick Allen on 24. Henry Bianchini, Hawaiian-based sculptor, painter and printmaker. Ashley Bickerton, contemporary artist, painter, sculptor. Hiram Bingham I, missionary.
Prominent figures and terms in Hawaiian mythology. Aumakua - spirit of an ancestor or family god. ʻElepaio - monarch flycatcher. Kanehekili - god of thunder. Haumea - goddess of birth. Hiʻiaka - sister of Pele, daughter of Haumea & Kāne. Hina - goddess of Moon. Kahōʻāliʻi - see Kamohoalii. Kalanipoo - bird goddess Queen.
In births registered on Oʻahu 2001–2002, about 25% of girls and 15% of boys received at least one Hawaiian name. Names with negative meaning have disappeared in this sample, and the unisex quality is waning. Many favorite names a hundred years ago, like Kealoha, Kalei, Leialoha, and Keonaona, were popular with both sexes.
Considering a Hawaiian baby name? Here are the top 55 Hawaiian baby names, including Kai and Koa for baby boys, and Leilani and Kaia for baby girls.
The nene is the official state bird of Hawaii. This list of birds of Hawaii is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of Hawaii as determined by Robert L. and Peter Pyle of the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, and modified by subsequent taxonomic changes. [1] [2]
There are certainly no shortage of boy names that start with "L" for moms and dads to pick from. In fact, it includes the No. 1 boy name in the United States for the past six years.
Don Ho. Donald Tai Loy Ho[ 1] (August 13, 1930 – April 14, 2007) was a Hawaiian traditional pop musician, singer and entertainer. He is best known for the song "Tiny Bubbles" from the album of the same name .
John Papa ʻĪʻī (1800–1870), ali'i (nobility), 19th-century educator, politician and historian in the Kingdom of Hawaii. King Kalākaua (1836–1891), known as The Merrie Monarch, last king of Hawaiʻi. Kamehameha the Great (1782–1819), first king of Hawaii.