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