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Fanny · English girl’s name

Fanny in Hawaiian is Pane

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when F became P, Y fell away, and the doubled consonant was written once.

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PAH·neh

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Fanny in Hawaiian?

Fanny is Pane in Hawaiian, said PAH-neh.

How Fanny became Pane

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Fanny F became P, Y fell away, and the doubled consonant was written once. Hawaiian never writes a consonant twice, so the pair collapses to one.

Pane 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 Pane

Say it PAH-neh, leaning on PAH, sounding every vowel: a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. 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 Fanny in Hawaiian?

Fanny is Pane in Hawaiian, pronounced PAH-neh. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Pane?

PAH-neh, with the stress on PAH.

Why does Pane look so different from Fanny?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Fanny, F became P, Y fell away, and the doubled consonant was written once.

Is Pane a real Hawaiian name?

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

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