Alekai
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.
Alekai by the numbers
Alekai was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Alekai
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alekai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alakaileader; chief; to lead the way40 in the US (2017)
- Alekidefender of mankind; Hawaiian form of Alexander7 in the US (2017)
- Alikai12 in the US (2017)
- Alexia form of Alexios; defender of men73 in the US (2017)
- Alexeidefender of men; russian form of alexander9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alikatruth or truthful32 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Alekai
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