ʻEkela

ʻEkela

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔeˈke.la/, [ʔɛˈkɛlə]

Proper noun

ʻEkela

1. A male given name.Vernacular form of the biblical ʻEzera (“Ezra”).
2. A female given name derived from English Ethel.

References

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page182, 185
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Ekela (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 3 men.