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Hawaiian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
ʻEkela
- a male given name originating from the Bible, vernacular form of the biblical ʻEzera (“Ezra”)
- a female given name 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.