What does ʻAukake mean in Hawaiian?
ʻAukake is a Hawaiian boy name that means Hawaiian form of August. It is pronounced ow-KAH-keh, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
ʻAukake belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
August in Hawaiian
ʻAukake is the Hawaiian form of August, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what August means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on August in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce ʻAukake
Say every vowel. The vowels in ʻAukake are a as in “father”, u as “oo”, e as in “bet”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in ʻAukake is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is ʻAukake a boy or girl name?
ʻAukake is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often ʻAukake is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named ʻAukake, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is ʻAukake?
ʻAukake has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.