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Nancy · English girl’s name

Nancy in Hawaiian is Naneki

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when C became K, Y became I, and a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together.

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nah·NEH·kee

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Nancy in Hawaiian?

Nancy is Naneki in Hawaiian, said nah-NEH-kee.

How Nancy became Naneki

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Nancy C became K, Y became I, and a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together. Hawaiian does not run two consonants together, and every syllable ends on a vowel.

How to say Naneki

Say it nah-NEH-kee, leaning on NEH, sounding every vowel: a as in “father”, e as in “bet”, 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

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What is Nancy in Hawaiian?

Nancy is Naneki in Hawaiian, pronounced nah-NEH-kee. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Naneki?

nah-NEH-kee, with the stress on NEH.

Why does Naneki look so different from Nancy?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Nancy, C became K, Y became I, and a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together.

Is Naneki a real Hawaiian name?

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

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