Victoria · English girl’s name

Victoria in Hawaiian is Wikolia

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when C became K, R became L, T became K, and V became W.

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wee·koh·LEE·ah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Victoria in Hawaiian?

Victoria is Wikolia in Hawaiian, said wee-koh-LEE-ah.

How Victoria became Wikolia

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Victoria C became K, R became L, T became K, and V became W.

Wikolia 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 Wikolia

Say it wee-koh-LEE-ah, leaning on LEE, sounding every vowel: i as “ee”, o as in “go”, 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 Victoria in Hawaiian?

Victoria is Wikolia in Hawaiian, pronounced wee-koh-LEE-ah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Wikolia?

wee-koh-LEE-ah, with the stress on LEE.

Why does Wikolia look so different from Victoria?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Victoria, C became K, R became L, T became K, and V became W.

Is Wikolia a real Hawaiian name?

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

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