What does ʻAukai mean in Hawaiian?
ʻAukai is a Hawaiian boy name that means sea current. The name comes from ʻau (travel) + kai (sea). It is pronounced ow-KYE, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
ʻAukai belongs with other Hawaiian names about water and ocean.
The words inside ʻAukai
ʻau means to swim, to travel.
kai means sea, seawater and appears in 12 Hawaiian names, among them Kai, Kailani, Kaimana, Kaikoa.
How to pronounce ʻAukai
Say every vowel. The vowels in ʻAukai are a as in “father”, u as “oo”, i as “ee”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in ʻAukai is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is ʻAukai a boy or girl name?
ʻAukai is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 85 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often ʻAukai is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 85 U.S. babies named ʻAukai from 1997 to 2023, all boys, counted as Aukai because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 14 of those 27 years. Its peak was 2020, with 8. The 2014 to 2023 total of 44 is more than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 23 babies born in the state were named ʻAukai from 2000 to 2021, with a peak of 7 in 2016. 18 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is ʻAukai?
ʻAukai has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.