Hawaiian/Alolan names for Pokémon

[Detective Osprey]

In the same vein as scientific names, here, I'll try and come up with some badass Hawaiian/Alolan names for Pokémon. Canonically, the only Pokémon with an Hawaiian/Alolan name is Alolan Vulpix.

It exhales air colder than -58 degrees Fahrenheit. Elderly people in Alola call this Pokémon by an older name—Keokeo.

Put it into google translate:
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But we want all the Alolan Pokémon have Hawaiian names. 

Let's start! I'm only going to include Pokémon that are in the Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon Pokédex. 

Name	Hawaiian/Alolan name	Name means
Rowlet	Kapueo	Grass owl
Dartrix	Kelepueo	Dart owl
Decidueye	'Uhanepueo	Ghost owl
Litten	Kepipiahi	Fire kitten
Torracat	'Ūkini	Tiger
Incineroar	Nāmāmā	Dirty fighter (heeler)
Popplio	Liona	Sea lion
Brionne	Kahewai	Water bubble (basically, water bubble sea lion was a huge string of text and I decided to just use "water bubble").
Primarina	'Okalionakini	Opea sea lion
Pikipek	Manukiko	Woodpecker
Trumbeak	Winiwini	Sharp point (reference to its bill)
Toucannon	Tūkana	Toucan

[Kyng]

Those are some interesting names !

Are you going to come up with any similar schemes for other Pokémon regions?

[Moonshroom]

Awesome stuff, M.

[Detective Osprey]

Those are some interesting names !

Are you going to come up with any similar schemes for other Pokémon regions?

I would, but Pokémon already have French, German, Italian, etc. names already. This was just an idea because Pokémon don’t have Hawaiian names.

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Awesome stuff, M.

I appreciate it! Cheers!

[Detective Osprey]

I completely forgot about this, but I've added Pikipek now.

[Kyng]

I completely forgot about this, but I've added Pikipek now.

I have to admit, I rather like that name. It sound rather cute - and also onomatopoeic, given that it refers to a woodpecker !

[Detective Osprey]

I completely forgot about this, but I've added Pikipek now.

I have to admit, I rather like that name. It sound rather cute - and also onomatopoeic, given that it refers to a woodpecker !

Heh. That’s its English name. Lol

[Kyng]

I completely forgot about this, but I've added Pikipek now.

I have to admit, I rather like that name. It sound rather cute - and also onomatopoeic, given that it refers to a woodpecker !

Heh. That’s its English name. Lol

Whoops !

Well, your Alolan name sounds rather cute too .

[Detective Osprey]

Added Trumbeak and Toucannon. I'll probably add more in the mean time.

[Kyng]

Nice !

Admittedly, 'Tūkana' isn't very different from 'Toucannon'; however, there are some real-world scientific names that aren't very different from the common names, so it makes sense to have some that are similar here too .