What does Akoni mean in Hawaiian?
Akoni is a Hawaiian boy name that means Hawaiian form of Anthony. The name comes from borrowed from Anthony. It is pronounced ah-KOH-nee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Akoni belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Anthony in Hawaiian
Akoni is the Hawaiian form of Anthony, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Anthony means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Anthony in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Akoni
Say every vowel. The vowels in Akoni are a as in “father”, o as in “go”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Akoni a boy or girl name?
Akoni is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 202 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Akoni is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 202 U.S. babies named Akoni from 1987 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 23 of those 37 years. Its peak was 2019, with 17. The 2014 to 2023 total of 112 is more than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 19 babies born in the state were named Akoni from 1997 to 2021, with a peak of 8 in 2006. No year after 2008 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Akoni?
Akoni has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.