What does Ikaika mean in Hawaiian?
Ikaika is a Hawaiian boy name that means strong, powerful. The name comes from ikaika (strength). It is pronounced ee-KYE-kah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Ikaika belongs with other Hawaiian names about strength and warrior.
Ikaika, and a puzzle that is not about it
Ikaika is strength, force and vigour — physical power, but also determination. It is among the most commonly given Hawaiian boys' names today, for the obvious reason.
A note for anyone who arrived from a crossword: the puzzle clue about a Hawaiian word that doubles into a term for great power is not this one. The answer there is mahi, which doubled gives mahimahi — the fish. Ikaika is the everyday Hawaiian word for strong, and the doubling trick belongs to a different word entirely.
The words inside Ikaika
ikaika means strong, powerful.
How to pronounce Ikaika
Say every vowel. The vowels in Ikaika are i as “ee”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Ikaika a boy or girl name?
Ikaika is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 1,016 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Ikaika is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 1,016 U.S. babies named Ikaika from 1978 to 2023, all boys. It appears every year from 1978 on. Its peak was 1983, with 37. The 2014 to 2023 total of 250 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 546 babies born in the state were named Ikaika from 1978 to 2021, with a peak of 35 in 1983. 63 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Ikaika?
Ikaika has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.