Andrew · English boy’s name

Andrew in Hawaiian is ʻAnalu

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

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ah·NAH·loo

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Andrew in Hawaiian?

Andrew is ʻAnalu in Hawaiian, said ah-NAH-loo.

How Andrew became ʻAnalu

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Andrew D fell away, R became L, 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.

ʻAnalu 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 ʻAnalu

Say it ah-NAH-loo, leaning on NAH, sounding every vowel: a as in “father”, u as “oo”. 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 Andrew comes from

Andrew is the Greek Andreas, from the word for man or manly. Saint Andrew, the first apostle Jesus called in the Gospel of John, became the patron saint of Scotland, which kept the name especially common among Scots.

The Hawaiian form is ʻAnalu. D became L, R became L as well, and the two merged into one, so Andrew loses a consonant on its way into Hawaiian.

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 Andrew in Hawaiian?

Andrew is ʻAnalu in Hawaiian, pronounced ah-NAH-loo. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce ʻAnalu?

ah-NAH-loo, with the stress on NAH.

Why does ʻAnalu look so different from Andrew?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Andrew, D fell away, R became L, a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together, and a vowel was added at the end.

Is ʻAnalu a real Hawaiian name?

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

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