What does Lopaka mean in Hawaiian?
Lopaka is a Hawaiian boy name that means Hawaiian form of Robert. It is pronounced loh-PAH-kah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Lopaka belongs with other Hawaiian names about light.
Robert in Hawaiian
Lopaka is the Hawaiian form of Robert, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Robert means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Robert in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Lopaka
Say every vowel. The vowels in Lopaka are o as in “go”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Lopaka a boy or girl name?
Lopaka is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 139 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Lopaka is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 139 U.S. babies named Lopaka from 1979 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 21 of those 45 years. Its peak was 1997, with 16. The 2014 to 2023 total of 10 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 93 babies born in the state were named Lopaka from 1979 to 2021, with a peak of 11 in 1997. No year after 2010 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Lopaka?
Lopaka has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.