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Aaron · English boy’s name

Aaron in Hawaiian is ʻAlona

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when R became L, and a vowel was added at the end.

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ah·LOH·nah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Aaron in Hawaiian?

Aaron is ʻAlona in Hawaiian, said ah-LOH-nah.

How Aaron became ʻAlona

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Aaron R became L, and a vowel was added at the end. A Hawaiian word cannot finish on a consonant, which is where the last vowel comes from. The ʻokina at the front is a consonant in Hawaiian, the catch in the voice before the first vowel.

How to say ʻAlona

Say it ah-LOH-nah, leaning on LOH, sounding every vowel: a as in “father”, o as in “go”. The ʻokina (ʻ) is a catch in the voice, the break in the middle of “uh-oh”. The pronunciation guide covers the whole system.

Where Aaron comes from

Aaron is the Hebrew Aharon, the brother of Moses and the first high priest of Israel in Exodus. Its original meaning is unknown. English Protestants took it up in the 1600s along with many other Old Testament names.

The Hawaiian form is ʻAlona. The R became L, a vowel ending was added, and the doubled a was simplified.

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What is Aaron in Hawaiian?

Aaron is ʻAlona in Hawaiian, pronounced ah-LOH-nah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce ʻAlona?

ah-LOH-nah, with the stress on LOH.

Why does ʻAlona look so different from Aaron?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Aaron, R became L, and a vowel was added at the end.

Is ʻAlona a real Hawaiian name?

Yes, as a borrowed name. Hawaiian families have used ʻAlona since the 1800s, but it is Aaron respelled, not a name built from Hawaiian words.

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