Mark · English boy’s name

Mark in Hawaiian is Maleko

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

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mah·LEH·koh

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Mark in Hawaiian?

Mark is Maleko in Hawaiian, said mah-LEH-koh.

How Mark became Maleko

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

Maleko 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 Maleko

Say it mah-LEH-koh, leaning on LEH, sounding every vowel: a as in “father”, e as in “bet”, o as in “go”. 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 Mark in Hawaiian?

Mark is Maleko in Hawaiian, pronounced mah-LEH-koh. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Maleko?

mah-LEH-koh, with the stress on LEH.

Why does Maleko look so different from Mark?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Mark, R became L, and a vowel was added at the end.

Is Maleko a real Hawaiian name?

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

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