What does Keaka mean in Hawaiian?
Keaka is a Hawaiian boy name that means the shadow, the reflection. The name comes from ke (the) + aka (shadow, reflection). It is pronounced keh-AH-kah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
The words inside Keaka
aka means shadow, reflection and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Hiʻiaka.
How to pronounce Keaka
Say every vowel. The vowels in Keaka are e as in “bet”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Keaka a boy or girl name?
Keaka is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 51 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Keaka is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 51 U.S. babies named Keaka from 2000 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 9 of those 24 years. Its peak was 2006, with 7. The 2014 to 2023 total of 16 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 21 babies born in the state were named Keaka from 2005 to 2021, with a peak of 6 in 2008. No year after 2011 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Keaka?
Keaka has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.