What does Kelekia mean in Hawaiian?
Kelekia is a Hawaiian girl name that means Hawaiian form of Therese. It is pronounced keh-leh-KEE-ah, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kelekia belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Therese in Hawaiian
Kelekia is the Hawaiian form of Therese, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Therese means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Therese in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Kelekia
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kelekia are e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kelekia a boy or girl name?
Kelekia is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kelekia is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kelekia, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kelekia?
Kelekia has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.