What does ʻEma mean in Hawaiian?
ʻEma is a Hawaiian girl name that means Hawaiian form of Emma. It is pronounced EH-mah, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
ʻEma belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Emma in Hawaiian
ʻEma is the Hawaiian form of Emma, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Emma means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Emma in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce ʻEma
Say every vowel. The vowels in ʻEma are e as in “bet”, a as in “father”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in ʻEma is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is ʻEma a boy or girl name?
ʻEma is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often ʻEma is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 4,554 U.S. babies named Ema since 1883, but that spelling is mostly the Spanish and Slavic form of Emma, so the count says little about the Hawaiian name.
How well recorded is ʻEma?
ʻEma has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.