What’s in a Name?

[Durian Fiend]

Ok, so that would make it "the Hawaiian Island formerly known as The Island of Hawaii"  Or THIFKATIOH, pronounced Thif-kat-īoh.  Has a nice ring to it doesnʻt it?  And makes just as much sense as changing the name of Loihi to Kamaʻehuakanaloa.  More syllables is always preferable.

You've got my vote.  The new name will be a really long, difficult to pronounce Hawaiian word. 

Or, just go with Hawai'iloa.

[MediaBaron]

This would totally work too.  Just like when they renamed Saddle Road to Daniel K. Inouye Highway... or Waimea to Kamuela.  The old names were quickly forgotten, tossed into the dustbin of history!

Their numbers are dwindling, but some people still call O'Reilly's in Hilo "Checkers".

Waimea is still Waimea. 'Kamuela' is the name of the Post Office named after the first Postmaster in Waimea. Just like how the town of Kailua is still Kailua, Kailua-Kona (with or without the dash) is the name of the Post Office so it can be differentiated from the Kailua on Oahu. Same thinking as the name of the Waimea town Post Office since there's a Waimea on Kauai and Oahu.

[terracore]

I thought Kamuela was in reference to Samuel Parker and the first postmaster of Waimea was Reverend Lorenzo Lyons.

But your point is well taken, only the post office calls it anything other than Waimea.

['elepaio]

+1 Punatang : )