Isaiah · English boy’s name

Isaiah in Hawaiian is ʻIkaia

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when S became K, and a vowel was added at the end.

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ee·KYE·ah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Isaiah in Hawaiian?

Isaiah is ʻIkaia in Hawaiian, said ee-KYE-ah.

How Isaiah became ʻIkaia

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Isaiah S became K, and a vowel was added at the end. A Hawaiian word cannot finish on a consonant, which is where the last vowel comes from. The ʻokina at the front is a consonant in Hawaiian, the catch in the voice before the first vowel.

ʻIkaia has a page of its own as a Hawaiian given name, with its popularity and the names it is usually paired with.

How to say ʻIkaia

Say it ee-KYE-ah, leaning on KYE, sounding every vowel: i as “ee”, a as in “father”. The ʻokina (ʻ) is a catch in the voice, the break in the middle of “uh-oh”. The pronunciation guide covers the whole system.

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What is Isaiah in Hawaiian?

Isaiah is ʻIkaia in Hawaiian, pronounced ee-KYE-ah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce ʻIkaia?

ee-KYE-ah, with the stress on KYE.

Why does ʻIkaia look so different from Isaiah?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Isaiah, S became K, and a vowel was added at the end.

Is ʻIkaia a real Hawaiian name?

Yes, as a borrowed name. Hawaiian families have used ʻIkaia since the 1800s, but it is Isaiah respelled, not a name built from Hawaiian words.

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