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Lilian · English girl’s name

Lilian in Hawaiian is Liliana

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

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lee·lee·AH·nah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Lilian in Hawaiian?

Lilian is Liliana in Hawaiian, said lee-lee-AH-nah. The same form covers Lillian, because Hawaiian writes both spellings the same way.

How Lilian became Liliana

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

Liliana 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 Liliana

Say it lee-lee-AH-nah, leaning on AH, sounding every vowel: i as “ee”, a as in “father”. The pronunciation guide covers the whole system.

Lilian with one l

Lilian is the older British spelling of Lillian, from the same roots: a pet form of Elizabeth that came to be associated with the lily. The doubled l of Lillian is the later, mainly American spelling.

Hawaiian never writes a consonant twice, so the difference vanishes. Both spellings become Liliana.

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 Lilian in Hawaiian?

Lilian is Liliana in Hawaiian, pronounced lee-lee-AH-nah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s, and it covers Lillian as well.

How do you pronounce Liliana?

lee-lee-AH-nah, with the stress on AH.

Why does Liliana look so different from Lilian?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Lilian, a vowel was added at the end.

Is Liliana a real Hawaiian name?

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

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