The baby name Iakeke is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ee-ah-KEH-keh (IPA: /i.aˈkɛ.kɛ/).
Iakeke is Hawaiian in Origin.
The baby name Iakeke is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ee-ah-KEH-keh (IPA: /i.aˈkɛ.kɛ/).
Iakeke is Hawaiian in Origin.
Iakeke is a Hawaiian rendering of the biblical name Isaac, from Hebrew Yitzḥāq, meaning “he will laugh” or “laughter,” recalling the joy at Isaac’s birth in Genesis. The form reflects Hawaiian phonology standardized in the 19th century through missionary translations: the s sound shifts to k, vowels are inserted to separate consonants, and final consonants are avoided, creating the flowing Ia-ke-ke shape. While far rarer than the English Isaac, it appears in Hawaiian-language church records and in modern efforts to revive traditional spellings.
Related forms across languages and Polynesia include Yitzhak (Hebrew), Ishaq (Arabic), Isaac (English), Isaak (German/Russian), Ihaka (Māori), Aisake (Tongan), Isaako (Samoan), and Ikaaka (another Hawaiian adaptation). Usage today is uncommon but distinctive; nicknames may follow English patterns such as Ike, though Iakeke is often preferred in full.
We can't find Iakeke in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. It's the kind of name that tends to be rare, regional, or newly made up. However you look at it, very few people share it.
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