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