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Caroline · English girl’s name

Caroline in Hawaiian is Kalolina

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

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kah·loh·LEE·nah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Caroline in Hawaiian?

Caroline is Kalolina in Hawaiian, said kah-loh-LEE-nah.

How Caroline became Kalolina

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Caroline C became K, R became L, and the final e became a.

Other recorded spellings of Caroline

Hawaiian records do not settle on one spelling for every borrowed name. Alongside Kalolina, Caroline was also written Kalalaina, Kalolaina and Kealalaina. Each is a real Hawaiian writing of the name rather than a variant anyone invented; which one a family used came down to who was doing the writing, and when.

How to say Kalolina

Say it kah-loh-LEE-nah, leaning on LEE, sounding every vowel: a as in “father”, o as in “go”, i as “ee”. 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

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What is Caroline in Hawaiian?

Caroline is Kalolina in Hawaiian, pronounced kah-loh-LEE-nah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Kalolina?

kah-loh-LEE-nah, with the stress on LEE.

Why does Kalolina look so different from Caroline?

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

Is Kalolina a real Hawaiian name?

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

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