When Paea Malakai Ova was born on 12 October 1917, in Ha'apai, Tonga, his father, Tevita Ova, was 37 and his mother, 'Ana Kaufo'ou Finau, was 33. He had at least 1 son. He died on 22 May 1989, in Lakepa, Tongatapu, Tonga, at the age of 71.
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Tonga ceases to be a British protectorate and becomes fully independent within the British Commonwealth.
Some characteristic forenames: Japanese Masao, Takashi, Kaoru, Makiko, Masahiko, Rieko, Shigeki, Shogo, Akio, Atsuhiko, Atsushi, Haruo.
Japanese: written 岡 or 丘 ‘hill’. It is found mostly in western Japan. In North America, the name could also be a shortening of longer names beginning with Oka-.
Albanian: metonymic occupational name from okë (definite form oka) ‘oke’, the name of an old measure of weight.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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