What is Annie in Hawaiian?
Annie is ʻAne in Hawaiian, said AH-neh.
How Annie became ʻAne
Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Annie the doubled consonant was written once. Hawaiian never writes a consonant twice, so the pair collapses to one. The ʻokina at the front is a consonant in Hawaiian, the catch in the voice before the first vowel.
ʻAne 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 ʻAne
Say it AH-neh, leaning on AH, 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.