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Lucy · English girl’s name

Lucy in Hawaiian is Luki

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when C became K, and Y became I.

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LOO·kee

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Lucy in Hawaiian?

Lucy is Luki in Hawaiian, said LOO-kee.

How Lucy became Luki

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Lucy C became K, and Y became I.

Other recorded spellings of Lucy

Hawaiian records do not settle on one spelling for every borrowed name. Alongside Luki, Lucy was also written Lukia. Each is a real Hawaiian writing of the name rather than a variant anyone invented; which one a family used came down to who was doing the writing, and when.

How to say Luki

Say it LOO-kee, 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 Lucy in Hawaiian?

Lucy is Luki in Hawaiian, pronounced LOO-kee. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Luki?

LOO-kee, with the stress on LOO.

Why does Luki look so different from Lucy?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Lucy, C became K, and Y became I.

Is Luki a real Hawaiian name?

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

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