What does ʻaukai mean in Hawaiian?
ʻAukai is one who travels by sea — a sailor, a voyager. The word joins ʻau, to swim or travel, with kai, the sea.
Say it ow-KYE. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The ʻokina (ʻ) is a short catch in the voice, like the break in “uh-oh”. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site ʻaukai is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 1 end with it. Most are boy names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning ocean.