What does aka mean in Hawaiian?
Aka is a shadow or a reflected image — the shape of a thing rather than the thing. It also names the earliest form of a growing embryo.
Both senses point the same way: an aka is something real but not yet solid, a form taking shape. Akaka, doubled, reverses it into clarity and transparency.
Say it AH-kah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site aka is part of 2 names: 0 begin with it, 2 end with it. They split evenly between girls and boys, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning light.