What does ʻAkeneki mean in Hawaiian?
ʻAkeneki is a Hawaiian girl name that means Hawaiian form of Agnes. It is pronounced ah-keh-NEH-kee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
ʻAkeneki belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Agnes in Hawaiian
ʻAkeneki is the Hawaiian form of Agnes, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Agnes means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Agnes in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce ʻAkeneki
Say every vowel. The vowels in ʻAkeneki are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in ʻAkeneki is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is ʻAkeneki a boy or girl name?
ʻAkeneki is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often ʻAkeneki is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named ʻAkeneki, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is ʻAkeneki?
ʻAkeneki has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.