Louis · English boy’s name

Louis in Hawaiian is Lui

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

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LOO·ee

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Louis in Hawaiian?

Louis is Lui in Hawaiian, said LOO-ee.

How Louis became Lui

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

Lui 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 Lui

Say it LOO-ee, leaning on LOO, sounding every vowel: u as “oo”, 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 Louis in Hawaiian?

Louis is Lui in Hawaiian, pronounced LOO-ee. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Lui?

LOO-ee, with the stress on LOO.

Why does Lui look so different from Louis?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Louis, S fell away, and a vowel was added at the end.

Is Lui a real Hawaiian name?

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

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