Keanu
Keanu is a boy name of Hawaiian origin, meaning The cool mountain breeze.
What Keanu means
The cool mountain breeze.
Keanu sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Keanu comes from
Hawaiian names are drawn from the natural world and from ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi's rich vocabulary for sea, sky, and light. Many are poetic descriptions rather than single words.
Keanu is recorded as Hawaiian in origin. Browse other Hawaiian names.
How popular is Keanu?
Keanu sits outside the top 100 boy names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Keanu
Keanu spans the natural world and Sky, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Keanu
These share Keanu's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Arne — Eagle.
- Bayu — Wind.
- Zephyr — The west wind.
- Tuuli — Wind.
- Kalani — The heavens; a chief.
- Kehlani — The sea and sky.
- Alani — Orange tree.
- Anuhea — Cool, soft fragrance.
- Lani — Sky; heaven.
- Mauna — Mountain.
- Nalani — The heavens; calm skies.
- Noelani — Heavenly mist.