What does Kamaka mean in Hawaiian?
Kamaka is a Hawaiian unisex name that means the eye, the favorite. The name comes from ka (the) + maka (eye, beloved). It is pronounced kah-MAH-kah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kamaka belongs with other Hawaiian names about love.
The words inside Kamaka
maka means eye, face and appears in 5 Hawaiian names, among them Makanui, Kaleikaumaka, Maka, Nāmaka.
How to pronounce Kamaka
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kamaka are a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kamaka a boy or girl name?
Kamaka is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Kamaka is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kamaka, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kamaka?
Kamaka has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.