Hannah · English girl’s name

Hannah in Hawaiian is Hana

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when the doubled consonant was written once, and a vowel was added at the end.

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HAH·nah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Hannah in Hawaiian?

Hannah is Hana in Hawaiian, said HAH-nah.

How Hannah became Hana

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Hannah the doubled consonant was written once, and a vowel was added at the end. Hawaiian never writes a consonant twice, so the pair collapses to one. A Hawaiian word cannot finish on a consonant, which is where the last vowel comes from.

Hana is also a Hawaiian word: hana means “work, activity; bay”.

How to say Hana

Say it HAH-nah, leaning on HAH, sounding every vowel: 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

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What is Hannah in Hawaiian?

Hannah is Hana in Hawaiian, pronounced HAH-nah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Hana?

HAH-nah, with the stress on HAH.

Why does Hana look so different from Hannah?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Hannah, the doubled consonant was written once, and a vowel was added at the end.

Is Hana a real Hawaiian name?

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

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