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What is your name in Hawaiian? Perhaps you'd like a pair of keepsake glasses with your Hawaiian names on them instead of your English names. Just scroll down until you find the first initial of your first name, and find your name.

*Thank you to Hawaiianshop.com for the list.

Want to know your name in Hawaiian?
Most names are listed below.
If you don't see it listed, scroll below or click here to learn How to Hawaiianize your name.

Pronunciation guidelines:
A few rules may help you in properly pronouncing your Hawaiian name.
Unlike English, there are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet:
A, E, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, U, and W.

Consonants
Pronounce P, K as in English but with less aspiration.
Pronounce H, L, M, N as in English.
W after I and E is usually pronounced like V, but after U and O usually pronounced like W;
initially and after A, it can be pronounced like V or W.

Vowels
Each of the 5 vowels is generally uniform with some exceptions:
A like A in far, tar; also like UH in much
E like AY in bay, lay; also like E in bet;
I like Y in city; also like E in Eve
O like O in no, so
U like OO in moon; also like U in true

How to Hawaiianize your name
There are two ways to determine the Hawaiian equivalent of your name. The first is to determine the meaning of your name and then obtain the Hawaiian word for that meaning. The second, and the most common, is by the process of transliteration -- that is, to replace the letters in the English name with Hawaiian letters. This is not so easy since, as noted above, Hawaiian only has twelve letters.

So here is the formula:

Replace B, F, P with P
Replace C, D, G, J, K, Q, S, T, X, Z with K
Replace H with H
Replace N with N
Replace L, R with L
Replace V, W with W
Replace Y with I

Vowels remain the same. Also be sure to separate all consonants with a vowel. For example, Barbara would be PALAPALA because there must be a vowel between the "r" and "b" in Barbara.

HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO WEBSITES THAT OFFER INFORMATION ON HAWAIIAN NAMES:

http://www.hawaiicity.com/hawaiian_name.htm

http://www.hisurf.com/hawaiian/names.html

http://www.20000-names.com/female_hawaiian_names.htm

Learn some Hawaiian Phrases:

Hawaiian Phrases

Aunt - Makuahine

Beautiful eyes - Maka nani

Beloved - Ke aloha

Beloved Child - Lei aloha

Brother - Kaikunane

Child - Kamali'i

Close friend - Hoapili

Close to heaven - Pili lani

Companion - Hoahele

Darling - Ipo

Faithful - Ho'opono

Father - Makuakane

Favorite - Punahele

Forever - Mau Loa

Friend - Hoaloha

Goddess of hula - Hi'iaka

Handsome - Nohea

Heavenly - Lani

Heavenly adornment - Wehi lani

Heavenly child - Lei lani

I love you - Aloha au ia'oe

Just for you - Nau wale no

Lively eyes - Maka 'eleu

Lofty sacred one - Ka'iu lani

Loveliness - Nohea

Married Man - Kane male

Married woman - Wahine male

Mother - Makuahine

My beloved - Ku'u lei

My desire - Ku'u 'I'ini

My love - Ku'u aloha

My love is yours - Nau ko'u aloha

My sweetheart - Ku'uipo

Never ending - Pau o'le

Precious or beloved - Hiwahiwa

Princess - Kamali'i wahine

Protected by heaven - Malu lani

Sister - Kaikuahine

Son - Keiki kane

The attractive one - Hiwa lani

The first born - Hiapo

The pretty one - Ka nani

The strong one - Kanunu

Uncle - Makuakane

With love - Me ke aloha

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