What does Laka mean in Hawaiian?
Laka is a Hawaiian girl name that means gentle, tame, goddess of hula. The name comes from laka (gentle, attracted). It is pronounced LAH-kah, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Laka belongs with other Hawaiian names about mythology and gentle.
The words inside Laka
laka means tame, gentle, attracted.
How to pronounce Laka
Say every vowel. The vowels in Laka are a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Laka a boy or girl name?
Laka is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Laka is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Laka, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Laka?
Laka has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.