[identity profile] kitkat72.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
Kahikilakahauolaokalahou So can anyone tell me how on earth this childs name is pronounced?? I found it on the hospitals web nursery page.

Opinions on the name Heaven Lee? apparently this is the name given to my new neice.

Date: 2006-12-12 02:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ewaeva.livejournal.com
It would be more unique if they chose Nevaeh Eel.

Date: 2006-12-12 02:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tinylittlestars.livejournal.com
I actually like Nevaeh Lee. Lol.

Date: 2006-12-12 03:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] julieannie.livejournal.com
Please don't have children.

Date: 2006-12-12 03:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tinylittlestars.livejournal.com
I plan on having lots, just to spite people like you =)

Date: 2006-12-12 04:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maude.livejournal.com
I don't think it's her you'll be smiting, I think it's your little Nevaeh Lee.

Date: 2006-12-13 05:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] julieannie.livejournal.com
Just think- would you name a child this and expect them to grow into it as an adult? I was a little brutal at first but seriously, a name like that is just cruel and not funny for the poor child that grows up with it. But then again, I'm not the one who has to raise someone who is angsty because their mom didn't consider the effects of a name like that. This is a child who will become an adult, not some teddy bear. You won't be spiting me but you will make your child have a name that's not unique but rather a fad that will be very dated.

Date: 2006-12-13 05:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] julieannie.livejournal.com
Sorry, I'm a little evil due to finals. I will avoid LJ until I can be nicer...blah.

Date: 2006-12-12 02:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trissyd.livejournal.com
I think it's tacky.
The worst thing is, "Heaven Lee" has been done so many times and each new baby given this name has parents that thought they were being original by using a play on words in their daughters name... it's irritating

Date: 2006-12-12 02:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hitzpink.livejournal.com
I agree. Everyone who does the Heaven Lee or Nevaeh Lee thing thinks they're being SO cute and original. It's horribly tacky.

Date: 2006-12-12 02:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] heyitsrebecca.livejournal.com
If I were named Heaven Lee, I'd pretend my middle name was Emma, and go by that. I would never tell ANYONE my middle name.

What I love most about that name is it has 24 or so characters and only 6 letters. That's so great. In a not so much kinda way.
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Date: 2006-12-12 03:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] julieannie.livejournal.com
I assume the first name is of Hawaiian origin because I think I've seen it before and that's what my brain connects it with.
Kah-hee-lah-ka-ha-ooo-la-oh-ka-la-how is my guess.

I think your neice's parents read too much VC Andrews.

Date: 2006-12-12 04:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] whisperthewords.livejournal.com
It's traaaashy. V.C. Andrews would definitely not be what I would want people to associate with my kid's names.

Date: 2006-12-12 04:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] turabiannights.livejournal.com
Kahikilakahauolaokalahou is a Hawai'ian name. Heaven Lee is quite trashy, IMO, but it could have been worse. Precious Princess Lee comes to mind.

Date: 2006-12-12 05:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fallingtopieces.livejournal.com
with a really good nickname? ha. i went to school with a girl of hawaiian descent who had a name like that. everyone just called her carly. :)

and heaven lee is appalling. sorry you'll have to try to say that one with a straight face.

Date: 2006-12-12 05:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] home-to-me.livejournal.com
Heaven Lee is far from being Heavenly. What an awful name. Though I did know a girl named Heather who went by Hev or Hevs, so there's a possible semi-cute nickname.

Date: 2006-12-12 06:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aymen.livejournal.com
It's funny because everyone says Heaven Lee has been over done, but I've yet to MEET a Heaven. I think it's actually pretty.

As for Kahikilakahauolaokalahou, she will probably just go by K! ;)
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Date: 2006-12-12 05:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nevercomplacent.livejournal.com
melikalikimaka (or however it's spelled)(mel-ik-a-leek-ee-mach-ah) is the hawaiian way to say marry christmas... totally my favourite christmas song...

Date: 2006-12-12 11:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kati-d.livejournal.com
who knows how its pronounced but my guess would be its a cultural thing. Maybe she has roots in another country. There is a girl I met this year named, Kuuikalanakpanu and she goes by Kuu.

Date: 2006-12-12 11:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glitterberrys.livejournal.com
Heaven Lee - congratulations, they managed to find a name tackier than "Nevaeh."

Date: 2006-12-12 05:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] septembergrrl.livejournal.com
Heaven Lee is too V.C. Andrews for me.

The Kahi... name is probably Hawaiian, and I'm sure it means something pretty, but it'll be a bitch to fit onto forms.

Date: 2006-12-12 05:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kyo-o.livejournal.com
Aaaarg, for some reason, I quite like Heaven (On it's own!!). I think it's just because of the Carrie Asai books though..

Date: 2006-12-12 07:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scouty.livejournal.com
Kahikilakahauolaokalahou is Image poor child !!


Date: 2006-12-14 12:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mountain-nest.livejournal.com
way to be ignorant. it is clearly Hawai'ian.

Date: 2006-12-13 12:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] naturalgoddess.livejournal.com
I like them both. I'm sure K has a beautiful meaning to it....and Heaven, although not my number one is a nice name.

Date: 2006-12-15 09:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] e-grady.livejournal.com
With Hawaiian names you pronounce every letter, so "Kahikilakahauolaokalahou" would be pronounced:

"Kah-hee-kee-lah-kah-hah-oo-oh-lah-oh-kah-lah-hoe-oo"
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