What does Kapeka mean in Hawaiian?
Kapeka is a Hawaiian girl name that means Elizabeth. It is pronounced kah-PEH-kah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kapeka belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Elizabeth, shortened
Kapeka is a short Hawaiian form of Elizabeth, a name from the Hebrew Elisheba, often translated as my God is an oath. The full Hawaiian form is ʻElikapeka, and Kapeka keeps its last two syllables, much as Beth and Betsy do in English.
The Z and TH of Elizabeth both became K in Hawaiian and the B became P, which is how Elizabeth ends in -kapeka.
How to pronounce Kapeka
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kapeka are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kapeka a boy or girl name?
Kapeka is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kapeka is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kapeka, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kapeka?
Kapeka has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.