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Alice · English girl’s name

Alice in Hawaiian is ʻAleka

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when C became K, and the final e became a.

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ah·LEH·kah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Alice in Hawaiian?

Alice is ʻAleka in Hawaiian, said ah-LEH-kah.

How Alice became ʻAleka

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Alice C became K, and the final e became a. The ʻokina at the front is a consonant in Hawaiian, the catch in the voice before the first vowel.

How to say ʻAleka

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

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 Alice in Hawaiian?

Alice is ʻAleka in Hawaiian, pronounced ah-LEH-kah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce ʻAleka?

ah-LEH-kah, with the stress on LEH.

Why does ʻAleka look so different from Alice?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Alice, C became K, and the final e became a.

Is ʻAleka a real Hawaiian name?

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

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