Christine · English girl’s name

Christine in Hawaiian is Kilikina

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when C became K, R became L, S became K, T became K, a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together, and the final e became a.

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kee·lee·KEE·nah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Christine in Hawaiian?

Christine is Kilikina in Hawaiian, said kee-lee-KEE-nah.

How Christine became Kilikina

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Christine C became K, R became L, S became K, T became K, a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together, and the final e became a. Hawaiian does not run two consonants together, and every syllable ends on a vowel.

Kilikina 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 Kilikina

Say it kee-lee-KEE-nah, leaning on KEE, sounding every vowel: i as “ee”, a as in “father”. 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 Christine in Hawaiian?

Christine is Kilikina in Hawaiian, pronounced kee-lee-KEE-nah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Kilikina?

kee-lee-KEE-nah, with the stress on KEE.

Why does Kilikina look so different from Christine?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Christine, C became K, R became L, S became K, T became K, a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together, and the final e became a.

Is Kilikina a real Hawaiian name?

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

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