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Miriam · English girl’s name

Miriam in Hawaiian is Miliama

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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mee·lee·AH·mah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Miriam in Hawaiian?

Miriam is Miliama in Hawaiian, said mee-lee-AH-mah.

How Miriam became Miliama

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Miriam 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.

Miliama 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 Miliama

Say it mee-lee-AH-mah, leaning on AH, sounding every vowel: 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

Questions people ask

What is Miriam in Hawaiian?

Miriam is Miliama in Hawaiian, pronounced mee-lee-AH-mah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Miliama?

mee-lee-AH-mah, with the stress on AH.

Why does Miliama look so different from Miriam?

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

Is Miliama a real Hawaiian name?

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

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