What does Hiʻiaka mean in Hawaiian?
Hiʻiaka is a Hawaiian girl name that means carried in the bosom, goddess of hula and healing, sister of Pele. The name comes from hiʻi (to carry) + aka (embryo, shadow). It is pronounced hee-ee-AH-kah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Hiʻiaka belongs with other Hawaiian names about mythology.
The words inside Hiʻiaka
hiʻi means to carry in the arms and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Hiʻilani, Hiʻilei.
aka means shadow, reflection and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Keaka.
How to pronounce Hiʻiaka
Say every vowel. The vowels in Hiʻiaka are i as “ee”, a as in “father”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Hiʻiaka is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Hiʻiaka a boy or girl name?
Hiʻiaka is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Hiʻiaka is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 8 U.S. babies named Hiʻiaka from 2009 to 2023, all girls, counted as Hiiaka because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 1 of those 15 years. No year since 2009 has five or more babies of either sex given it. In Hawaiʻi itself, 7 babies born in the state were named Hiʻiaka from 2009 to 2021, with a peak of 7 in 2009. No year after 2009 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Hiʻiaka?
Hiʻiaka has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.