A WOMAN has taken to social media to question how to pronounce her own unique name.

Aleka McKenzie-Brown, who is from the US and posts under the acronym @alekache, shared a video where she claims that her mum gave her the "most unheard of name out there."

In fact, it's so unusual, Aleka is only just realising that she's been pronouncing it wrong her "entire life."

In the clip, she explains: "On a daily basis I get 'Aleeka, Alikah, Alexa – and my personal favourite…Akeela.'

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"I've pretty much heard it all and I go by any of them at this point in my life.

"Also I just don't have the heart to correct people – I just can't do it."

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Aleka went on to say that she doesn't know anyone that has her name – adding the only time she's ever seen it is from one girl on TikTok who commented on her post saying her sister had the same name.

She continued: "Oh, and in Lilo and Stitch 2 – the only reason I know that is because it was in the captions and we watch TV with the captions on.

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"I think I've been pronouncing it wrong because when they said it I had to re-wind and replay it again.

"It doesn't sound anything like how I say my name."

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Despite having a very unique moniker, Aleka insists she loves that no one else has it, and she adores the meaning of it, too.

"It means 'helper of mankind' and I feel like that really fits my entire life and my personality," she says.

"I've always been the kid when you go to an amusement park or wherever and they have a little key chain for your name, mine's never there, obviously.

"I have one key chain with my name on it that my mum's friend bought it for me from Hawaii and it's been on there ever since."

She continued: "My entire life I've been pronouncing it 'Aleka.'

"I love it, but that's not how I think it's really pronounced…in Lilo and Stitch I think they pronounced it 'Ale-cha.'"

Aleka concluded: "If you've been to Hawaii or know anything about Hawaii…let me know how I pronounce my name!"

The post has since garnered an impressive 589,000 views and been flooded with comments online.

"Aleka (pronounced uh LEH kuh) is a super common name/nickname in Greece! Either way, it’s beautiful," wrote one.

A second penned: "I am that sister mentioned! I pronounce it Al-ick-kah."

A third commented: "Love it! In Lilo & Stitch it’s because in the Hawaiian language the vowel /e/ says “eh.”

Meanwhile, a fourth noted: "I went to school with an Aleka and she pronounced it Ah-Lee-Caw."

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Another quipped: "Omg my name is Akila that’s so funny."

And a further added: "My name is Aeisha Dereka, (Eye-ee-shaa) no-one ever gets it right. I'm a Maori from New Zealand & our language is similar to Hawaii."

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