Motherless, I never said YOU attacked the name specifically. I said people. There were plenty of other people on this post that had issues too. I did not single you out there, so your capitalized sentence was uncalled for, considering I wasn’t speaking to you. I was making a general statement.

As far as I know, from what I have learned in school, the Hawaiian culture is something special and it’s basically a way of life. Ideals and that sort of thing. I am sure that there are people who live in Hawaii that do not live the same way as those who are deeply rooted in the Hawaiian culture. It’s like saying that something is Irish. There is a culture, a way of life over there but something may not pertain to the Irish culture, it may simply pertain to the country as a whole. That is what I meant.

And further more, I am not attacking anyone. Yes, I find it ridiculous that people get so outraged over names (just go look at Zuma’s birth post!) but I am not attacking anyone. If you want to concern yourself with what other people name their children, that’s fine.

When I first commented to this post, all I was saying was that Hawaii has several cultures that are influential to it and perhaps that is where the confusion came in. I was simply stating that I never once claimed that it was or was not a Hawaiian name. Like I realized after reading another commenter’s comment, the part of the article that I had originally quoted in my comment was something that the CBB staff most likely said themselves. I read it wrong and I thought it was something Corey had said. Tis is what mature, responsible adults do when they make a mistake. I quoted something wrong and I realize now that it was not his own quote.

For all we know, they did do research. Like people have said on other posts here, there are names that depending on what site you look at, the name can have several different meanings and origins. I get the whole point of those letters and combinations not being in the Hawaiian alphabet, but unless you know the alphabet, you could come across a name on a site, be told that it is of Hawaiian ancestry and assume it to be true. Again, yes, assuming is a bad thing, but if that is the knowledge you have, you wouldn’t know that you weren’t speaking fact.

I DID NOT ATTACK HIS CHOICE OF NAME. I stated the facts of the Hawaiian cutlure in the naming sake.

You too Cait, did not read well.

I get your point after re-reading your statement, but seriously people.

Do the research. Don’t claim something that has no truth or base to it.

If the origins are from the Japanese, Filipino or Polynesian cultures…then it isn’t Hawaiian. The name is either Japanese, Filipino or Polynesian.

I think that the disparity of the argument is these two people are making a claim upon a culture in which then have no background in.

I don’t think anyone is attacking anyone except Cait. After all, the point being made is to do a little research about the origins of the name you pick. It is not just the Hawaiian culture that would find it disrespectful of taking bits of the culture & putting twist on it. The naming of a child is important in every culture/ethnic group. While it is lovely to be inspired by other cultures…the bottom line is if you are taking a name from another culture you should know what it really means & if it is indeed from the culture in question.

I love how I’m being attacked for my comment and being told that I didn’t do my research when my comment wasn’t even directed at you, Motherless Hula Girl.

First of all, I never claimed that they gave their child a Hawaiian name or not. All I simply said was that since the state of Hawaii itself has a very diverse culture, including lots of Asian ancestry (which is what I cited in my original comment) and that perhaps that is why there is this controversy. What I alluded to, and I’m sorry you didn’t read between the lines to figure this out as others did, was that perhaps they thought the name was Hawaiian when it in fact is of Asian ancestry. Just because the Hawaiian alphabet does not have a Q and double consonants in it does not mean another language that has influence in Hawaii doesn’t have those things. Again, I never CLAIMED that they did or did not give their daughter a Hawaiian name. All I said was that Hawaii is culturally diverse and perhaps that is where all of this confusion comes in. Again, my apologies for not spelling everything out and hoping, as others did, that people would be able to read between the lines and see what I was saying.

I find it quite ridiculous that people are getting so up in arms about the name of a child they will never meet and will never have any association with. I’m sure that Corey and his wife did not mean any disrespect in choosing their child’s name and I think it is sickening that you feel the need to attack them and others over it. I understand that naming a child is a big thing in the Hawaiian culture, however, there is a difference between the Hawaiian culture and being Hawaiian as in pertaining to the state itself.

I was born and raised in Hawaii and am part Native Hawaiian. I think they name their daughter a beautiful name, however, I think he should not have said that the name is Hawaiian. As motherless stated, the Hawaiian language does not have the letter “Q”. In his words “my wife wanted to go to Hawaii and since I couldn’t take her, we gave our daughter a Hawaiian name.” Keona (f) or Keoni (m) translates too “Gods Gracious Gift”. So not only did he not give his daughter a “Hawaiian Name” he is stating the incorrect deffinition. A local comic said that people love Hawaii so much that with out thinking they name their children after places they have been in Hawaii. Corey is not the first and I am sure he will not be the last to do so.
Our culture is what we have left from days gone by. So yes, some of us do get deffensive when people take it, spin it and try too make it as if they know a culture they were not born into or even researched before doing something as significant as naming a child. I think it is unfortunate that little Qiawna will grow up thinking her beautiful name is Hawaiian and means Gods Gracious Gift, when in all actuality it is neither. Sad to say but I don’t think a lot of research was done before they named her and started telling people her name is Hawaiian. It’s a serious thing in our culture when a child is given a Hawaiian name. I beleive it was Motherless who said that, the elders are involved as well as sometimes a dream. I’m not attacking anyone by no means. Just trying to educate.

That was supposed to say no double consonants.

Cait and Meeyah, being Hawaiian, born and raised in Hawaii, I am accustomed to know how the naming process of Hawaiian names go. Corey said “..we decided to give her a Hawaiian name.”

So in my previous comment I noted that in order to claim a name to be Hawaiian, you cannot have Q in it, and there are no double vowels. Do the Hawaiian Language research.

Don’t claim to have a Hawaiian name, with no truth to the base of it. Qiawna is NOT Hawaiian by any means. That’s all.

Cait and Meeyah, being Hawaiian, born and raised in Hawaii, I am accustomed to know how the naming process of Hawaiian names go. Corey said “..we decided to give her a Hawaiian name.”

So in my previous comment I noted that in order to claim a name to be Hawaiian, you cannot have Q in it, and there are no double vowels. Do the Hawaiian Language research.

Don’t claim to have a Hawaiian name, with no truth to the base of it. Qiawna is NOT Hawaiian by any means. That’s all.

Cait and Meeyah, being Hawaiian, born and raised in Hawaii, I am accustomed to know how the naming process of Hawaiian names go. Corey said “..we decided to give her a Hawaiian name.”

So in my previous comment I noted that in order to claim a name to be Hawaiian, you cannot have Q in it, and there are no double vowels. Do the Hawaiian Language research.

Don’t claim to have a Hawaiian name, with no truth to the base of it. Qiawna is NOT Hawaiian by any means. That’s all.