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