What does Maleko mean in Hawaiian?
Maleko is a Hawaiian boy name that means Hawaiian form of Mark. The name comes from borrowed from Mark. It is pronounced mah-LEH-koh, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Maleko belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Mark in Hawaiian
Maleko is the Hawaiian form of Mark, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Mark means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Mark in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Maleko
Say every vowel. The vowels in Maleko are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”, o as in “go”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Maleko a boy or girl name?
Maleko is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 82 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Maleko is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 82 U.S. babies named Maleko from 1995 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 12 of those 29 years. Its peak was 2015, with 10. The 2014 to 2023 total of 53 is more than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 5 babies born in the state were named Maleko from 1995 to 2021, with a peak of 5 in 1995. No year after 1995 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Maleko?
Maleko has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.