What does Pīkake mean in Hawaiian?
Pīkake is a Hawaiian girl name that means Arabian jasmine, also peacock. The name comes from pīkake (jasmine, from 'peacock', Princess Kaʻiulani's favorite bird). It is pronounced pee-KAH-keh, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Pīkake belongs with other Hawaiian names about flower and bird.
The words inside Pīkake
pīkake means Arabian jasmine.
How to pronounce Pīkake
Say every vowel. The vowels in Pīkake are i as “ee”, a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Pīkake a boy or girl name?
Pīkake is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Pīkake is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Pīkake, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Pīkake?
Pīkake is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.