Ikaia as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ikaia

What is the meaning of the name Ikaia ?

The baby name Ikaia is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ee-KAH-ee-ah (IPA: [i.ka.i.a]).

Ikaia is Polynesian in Origin.

Ikaia is a Hawaiian masculine given name, pronounced ee-KAI-ah, that developed as a local adaptation of the Biblical name Isaiah during the 19th‑century rise of literacy and Christianity in the islands. Through the Hawaiian-language Bible and mission schools, the Hebrew Yesha‘yahu entered Hawaiian onomastics; its core meaning, “Yahweh is salvation,” attaches to Ikaia as well. The name has continued in use among Native Hawaiian families and the wider Hawaiʻi diaspora.

Variants and cognates include Isaiah (English), Isaias (Spanish/Portuguese), Esaias (Greek/Latin), Yeshayahu (Hebrew), and Isaia across several Polynesian languages; Hawaiian-language sources also show the form ʻĪsaia, while Ikaia circulates as an everyday given name. Nicknames such as Kai are common. Ikaia is sometimes mistaken for the unrelated Ikaika (“strong”) or the word kai (“sea”); despite the visual overlap, these derive from different roots. Usage today blends traditional resonance with modern island style.