Maake as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Maake

What is the meaning of the name Maake ?

The baby name Maake is a Unisex name , 23 syllables long and is pronounced Approx. MAH-ah-ke or MAH-ke; IPA approximations: /mɑ.ɑ.ke/ or /ˈmɑːkɛ/.

Maake is in Origin.

Maake is a Polynesian masculine given name, most common in Tongan families, where it is typically written Ma'ake with a glottal stop. It rose to wider use in the 19th-century mission era as a local rendering of the biblical name Mark, ultimately from Latin Marcus. The anglicized spelling Maake, which omits the glottal stop, is frequent in diaspora records and official documents.

Its meaning follows Marcus: “dedicated to Mars” or “warlike.” Related forms across Polynesia include Ma'ake (Tongan), Maaka (Māori and Cook Islands Māori), and Maka; cognates include Mark, Marco, and Marcus. Notable usage by the Tongan-American athlete Ma'ake Kemoeatu highlights its Tongan association. Separately, Maake is also found as a Southern African surname (notably in Northern Sotho/Pedi communities) and is occasionally used as a given name there; this African usage has an independent, local etymology unrelated to the Marcus/Mark line.