Marguerite · English girl’s name

Marguerite in Hawaiian is Makalika

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when G became K, R became L, T became K, and the final e became a.

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mah·kah·LEE·kah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Marguerite in Hawaiian?

Marguerite is Makalika in Hawaiian, said mah-kah-LEE-kah.

How Marguerite became Makalika

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Marguerite G became K, R became L, T became K, and the final e became a.

Makalika 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 Makalika

Say it mah-kah-LEE-kah, leaning on LEE, 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 Marguerite in Hawaiian?

Marguerite is Makalika in Hawaiian, pronounced mah-kah-LEE-kah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Makalika?

mah-kah-LEE-kah, with the stress on LEE.

Why does Makalika look so different from Marguerite?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Marguerite, G became K, R became L, T became K, and the final e became a.

Is Makalika a real Hawaiian name?

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

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