Kele
[ˈkɛleɪ]Meaning
recorded as a given name in Hawaiian, Hopi, Medieval Jewish and Brazilian Portuguese use
Background Story
Contributor-submitted entries record Kele as a given name in Hawaiian, where it is used for boys and girls, in Hopi as a masculine name, in Medieval Jewish use as a feminine name, and in Brazilian Portuguese as a feminine name. In Ewe, kele is a type of tall grass, and the word also names a month, literally "[month of] tall grass", after a particular shrub that grows notably tall during that period.
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