Louise · English girl’s name

Louise in Hawaiian is Luika

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when S became K, and the final e became a.

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loo·EE·kah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Louise in Hawaiian?

Louise is Luika in Hawaiian, said loo-EE-kah.

How Louise became Luika

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Louise S became K, and the final e became a.

Luika 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 Luika

Say it loo-EE-kah, leaning on EE, sounding every vowel: u as “oo”, i as “ee”, 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 Louise in Hawaiian?

Louise is Luika in Hawaiian, pronounced loo-EE-kah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Luika?

loo-EE-kah, with the stress on EE.

Why does Luika look so different from Louise?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Louise, S became K, and the final e became a.

Is Luika a real Hawaiian name?

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

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