Kapilialoha

Kapilialoha: "enjoined in love", "one in affection", "coming together because of love". That will be her middle name.

I've already sent Gabe's mom an email about her middle name, so sorry this isn't new for you! For those of you who aren't very familiar with the Hawaiian language, a general rule of thumb is the vowels in Hawaiian are pronounced like the vowels in Spanish. So the "A" is pronounced as "ah" and the I is pronounced as "ee". So her name would be pronounced as "kah-pee-lee-aloha". And I think we all know how to pronounce aloha! As I told Gabe's mom, don't think too much about it, just let it roll off your tongue!

Her name was chosen by a well known linguist in Hawaii, Puakea Nogelmeier. If you Google him you'll find a few articles about him. Puakea and my Uncle Robert are good friends and I consider it an honor (corny I know) to have her name chosen by Puakea. Prior to choosing her name Puakea needed to know about Gabe's and my relationship and what this child means to us. Kapilialoha is the first name that came to Puakea.

We really like the name, I think it's appropriate. I think it exudes simplicity and is elegant at the same time. Now we just have to chose a first name!