Alikai
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Alikai by the numbers
Alikai was given to 12 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 Alikai
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 Alikai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alakaileader; chief; to lead the way40 in the US (2017)
- Alikatruth or truthful32 in the US (2017)
- Alekai15 in the US (2017)
- Alijahmy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah676 in the US (2017)
- Abisaimy father is jesse; a biblical name52 in the US (2017)
- Alekidefender of mankind; Hawaiian form of Alexander7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Alikai
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