What does Iokepa mean in Hawaiian?
Iokepa is a Hawaiian boy name that means Hawaiian form of Joseph. It is pronounced ee-oh-KEH-pah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Iokepa belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Joseph in Hawaiian
Iokepa is the Hawaiian form of Joseph, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Joseph means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Joseph in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Iokepa
Say every vowel. The vowels in Iokepa are i as “ee”, o as in “go”, e as in “bet”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Iokepa a boy or girl name?
Iokepa is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 77 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Iokepa is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 77 U.S. babies named Iokepa from 1984 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 12 of those 40 years. Its peak was 2008, with 10. The 2014 to 2023 total of 21 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 37 babies born in the state were named Iokepa from 1995 to 2021, with a peak of 8 in 2008. 6 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Iokepa?
Iokepa has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.