What does Lepeka mean in Hawaiian?
Lepeka is a Hawaiian girl name that means Rebekah. The name comes from Rebeka (Rebekah). It is pronounced leh-PEH-kah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Lepeka belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Rebecca in Hawaiian
Lepeka is the Hawaiian form of Rebecca, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Rebecca means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Rebecca in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Lepeka
Say every vowel. The vowels in Lepeka are e as in “bet”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Lepeka a boy or girl name?
Lepeka is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Lepeka is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Lepeka, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Lepeka?
Lepeka has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.