Kawika
A boys’ name of Hawaiian origin, meaning beloved; Hawaiian form of David.
Babies a year
23
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Kawika by the numbers
Kawika was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 35 babies in 1992, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from David
Like Kawika, each of these traces back to David: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Dawsonson of David2,068 in the US (2017)
- Daxtonson of David; a modern patronymic form992 in the US (2017)
- Davinabeloved; feminine form of David313 in the US (2017)
- Davianbeloved; a form of David221 in the US (2017)
- Dawsynson of David; invented respelling of Dawson201 in the US (2017)
- Davonbeloved; a modern form of David164 in the US (2017)
- Davinbeloved; a form of David146 in the US (2017)
- Devontebeloved; a form of David, respelled with -onte suffix135 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kawika. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean love
Like Kawika, each of these has love in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Kawika
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