Given name · also Bible

ʻEkela

ʻEkela is a unisex given name from Bible. It is used in Hawaiian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

ʻEkela comes from Bible, and ultimately from English.

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ʻEkela’s family of names

In Hawaiian usage, ʻEkela has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ethel. In Hawaiian usage, ʻEkela has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ezra.

Walk ʻEkela’s family in the name graph

ʻEkelaEzra

The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love ʻEkela, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

English · Biblical

ʻAkela

ʻAkela is a unisex given name from Bible. It is used in Hawaiian.

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Teochew · Biblical

Er

“city” · “aroused”

No U.S. birth series

41% boys · 59% girls

English · Biblical

Loka

Loka is a unisex given name from Bible. It is used in Hawaiian.

No U.S. birth series

38% boys · 62% girls

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Илия

Илия (Ilija) is a masculine given name from Serbo-Croatian, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Russian, Bulgarian, and Pannonian Rusyn.

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Biblical

Emmuna

“God is with us”

No U.S. birth series

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Biblical

Ezira

“help” · “one who is helpful”

No U.S. birth series

67% boys · 33% girls

Hebrew · Biblical

Elasah

“God has made”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Biblical

Exodas

“of the great deliverance”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share ʻEkela’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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