What does Peke mean in Hawaiian?
Peke is a Hawaiian girl name that means Hawaiian form of Becky. It is pronounced PEH-keh, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Peke belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Betty in Hawaiian
Peke is the Hawaiian form of Betty, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Betty means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Betty in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Peke
Say every vowel. The vowels in Peke are e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Peke a boy or girl name?
Peke is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Peke is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Peke, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Peke?
Peke has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.