Anthony · English boy’s name

Anthony in Hawaiian is ʻAkoni

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when T became K, and Y became I.

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ah·KOH·nee

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Anthony in Hawaiian?

Anthony is ʻAkoni in Hawaiian, said ah-KOH-nee.

How Anthony became ʻAkoni

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Anthony T became K, and Y became I. The ʻokina at the front is a consonant in Hawaiian, the catch in the voice before the first vowel.

ʻAkoni 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 ʻAkoni

Say it ah-KOH-nee, leaning on KOH, sounding every vowel: a as in “father”, o as in “go”, 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.

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 Anthony in Hawaiian?

Anthony is ʻAkoni in Hawaiian, pronounced ah-KOH-nee. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce ʻAkoni?

ah-KOH-nee, with the stress on KOH.

Why does ʻAkoni look so different from Anthony?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Anthony, T became K, and Y became I.

Is ʻAkoni a real Hawaiian name?

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

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