What does Iokua mean in Hawaiian?
Iokua is a Hawaiian boy name that means Hawaiian form of Joshua. The name comes from borrowed from Joshua. It is pronounced ee-oh-KOO-ah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Iokua belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Joshua in Hawaiian
Iokua is the Hawaiian form of Joshua, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Joshua means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Joshua in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Iokua
Say every vowel. The vowels in Iokua are i as “ee”, o as in “go”, u as “oo”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Iokua a boy or girl name?
Iokua is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Iokua is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 12 U.S. babies named Iokua from 2017 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 2 of those 7 years. Its peak came in 2022, with 7, and 12 were born from 2014 to 2023. In the Hawaiʻi records it never reaches five births of one sex in a year, the level at which a name is listed.
How well recorded is Iokua?
Iokua is a recorded Hawaiian form of Joshua, in use in Hawaiian families since the nineteenth century rather than a recent invention.