Samuel · English boy’s name

Samuel in Hawaiian is Kamuela

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

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kah·moo·EH·lah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Samuel in Hawaiian?

Samuel is Kamuela in Hawaiian, said kah-moo-EH-lah.

How Samuel became Kamuela

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

Kamuela 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 Kamuela

Say it kah-moo-EH-lah, leaning on EH, sounding every vowel: a as in “father”, u as “oo”, e as in “bet”. 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 Samuel in Hawaiian?

Samuel is Kamuela in Hawaiian, pronounced kah-moo-EH-lah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Kamuela?

kah-moo-EH-lah, with the stress on EH.

Why does Kamuela look so different from Samuel?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Samuel, S became K, and a vowel was added at the end.

Is Kamuela a real Hawaiian name?

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

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