Harry · English boy’s name

Harry in Hawaiian is Hale

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

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HAH·leh

The gold syllable takes the stress.

It also means

“house”

What is Harry in Hawaiian?

Harry is Hale in Hawaiian, said HAH-leh.

How Harry became Hale

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

Hale as a Hawaiian name

Hale is not only a borrowed spelling. It reads as Hawaiian in its own right, meaning “house”, and it is given as a boy's name in Hawaiʻi today. Its own page has the full meaning, the word it is built from, and names that go with it.

Hale is also a Hawaiian word: hale means “house, home”.

How to say Hale

Say it HAH-leh, leaning on HAH, 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 Harry in Hawaiian?

Harry is Hale in Hawaiian, pronounced HAH-leh. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Hale?

HAH-leh, with the stress on HAH.

Why does Hale look so different from Harry?

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

Is Hale a real Hawaiian name?

Yes. Beyond being the Hawaiian spelling of Harry, Hale reads as Hawaiian on its own and means "house". It is in use as a given name in Hawaiʻi today.

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