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Hiram · English boy’s name

Hiram in Hawaiian is Hailama

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when R became L, and a vowel was added at the end.

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hye·LAH·mah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Hiram in Hawaiian?

Hiram is Hailama in Hawaiian, said hye-LAH-mah.

How Hiram became Hailama

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Hiram R became L, and a vowel was added at the end. A Hawaiian word cannot finish on a consonant, which is where the last vowel comes from.

Hailama 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 Hailama

Say it hye-LAH-mah, leaning on LAH, sounding every vowel: a as in “father”, 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

Questions people ask

What is Hiram in Hawaiian?

Hiram is Hailama in Hawaiian, pronounced hye-LAH-mah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Hailama?

hye-LAH-mah, with the stress on LAH.

Why does Hailama look so different from Hiram?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Hiram, R became L, and a vowel was added at the end.

Is Hailama a real Hawaiian name?

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

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