maile

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noun

A flowering Hawaiian vine (Alyxia stellata), of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei.

OriginHawaiian maile ← Proto-Polynesian *maile →
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Meanings

maile1

nounmaile (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA flowering Hawaiian vine (Alyxia stellata), of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei.

    All about the tents were ferns, while the fragrant maile trailed from every tree and bush […]

    1910, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, page 165

maile2

nounmaile (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableObsolete form of mail (“chainmail”).

Maile3

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Hawaiian.

    The Democrat announced that she had given birth to her second daughter, Maile Pearl Bowlsbey, on Monday.

    2018 April 9, Guardian staff and agencies, “Tammy Duckworth becomes first senator to give birth in office”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2018
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    Over at the unofficial Memories of Elvis store are two of his most diehard fans. Ramona Carey-Farias was kissed by Elvis in Las Vegas in 1972, named her daughter Maile, after the love interest in Blue Hawaii, and bought a house down the road to be close to Graceland.

    2002 July 25, Matthew Engel, “The King is alive”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2014

    In late 2011, Frank moved to Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Tywana, and their son Caleb, then nine, as well as two of Frank’s biological daughters, Maile and Kailani, aged eight and nine.

    2023 February 6, Nina Lakhani, “A very American death: how Caleb Blair lost his life in the Phoenix heat”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2023

Maile4

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Origin

maile · noun

  1. Proto-Polynesian*maile
  2. Hawaiianmaile
  3. Englishmaile

Borrowed from Hawaiian maile.

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maile · noun

Variant of mail.

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Maile · proper noun

  1. HawaiianMaile
  2. EnglishMaile

From Hawaiian Maile, from maile (“maile, a flowering Hawaiian vine”).

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Maile · proper noun

  1. GermanMaile
  2. EnglishMaile

* From German Maile, from Alemannic dialect maile (“small pasture”), as a name for a small farmer. * A variant of Maul, as a nickname for someone with a prominent mouth. * From a short form of an ancient Germanic given name with māc, māge (“relative kinsman”) as the first element. * A variant of Male.

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Cite this entry
APA

maile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maile

MLA

“maile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maile. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maile,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maile.

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