Albert · English boy’s name

Albert in Hawaiian is ʻAlapaki

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when B became P, R became L, T became K, a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together, and a vowel was added at the end.

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ah·lah·PAH·kee

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Albert in Hawaiian?

Albert is ʻAlapaki in Hawaiian, said ah-lah-PAH-kee.

How Albert became ʻAlapaki

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Albert B became P, R became L, T became K, a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together, and a vowel was added at the end. Hawaiian does not run two consonants together, and every syllable ends on a vowel. 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.

ʻAlapaki has a page of its own as a Hawaiian given name, with its popularity and the names it is usually paired with.

How to say ʻAlapaki

Say it ah-lah-PAH-kee, leaning on PAH, sounding every vowel: a as in “father”, i as “ee”. 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 Albert comes from

Albert is a Germanic name, Adalbert, from words meaning noble and bright. It was an old name in Germany and France, and it became popular in English after Queen Victoria married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg in 1840.

Hawaiian writes it ʻAlapaki. The L and B were kept apart by an inserted vowel, B became P, R became L and T became K, and a final i closed the name.

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

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What is Albert in Hawaiian?

Albert is ʻAlapaki in Hawaiian, pronounced ah-lah-PAH-kee. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce ʻAlapaki?

ah-lah-PAH-kee, with the stress on PAH.

Why does ʻAlapaki look so different from Albert?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Albert, B became P, R became L, T became K, a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together, and a vowel was added at the end.

Is ʻAlapaki a real Hawaiian name?

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

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