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Mikala

Pronounced mee-KAH-lah

“Hawaiian form of Michael or Michelle”

Michelle in HawaiianMore unisex names

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mee·KAH·lah

3 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

What does Mikala mean in Hawaiian?

Mikala is a Hawaiian unisex name that means Hawaiian form of Michael or Michelle. It is pronounced mee-KAH-lah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Mikala belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.

Michelle in Hawaiian

Mikala is the Hawaiian form of Michelle, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Michelle means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Michelle in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.

How to pronounce Mikala

Say every vowel. The vowels in Mikala are i as “ee”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Mikala a boy or girl name?

Mikala is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.

How often Mikala is given in the U.S.

Social Security records show 4,016 U.S. babies named Mikala since 1967, but that spelling is mostly a spelling of Michaela, so the count says little about the Hawaiian name.

How well recorded is Mikala?

Mikala has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Mikala?

mee-KAH-lah, in 3 syllables, with the stress on KAH.

Is Mikala a girl's or a boy's name?

Mikala is unisex. Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender, and this one is given to both boys and girls.

What does Mikala mean in Hawaiian?

Hawaiian form of Michael or Michelle.

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

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