What does ʻAne mean in Hawaiian?
ʻAne is a Hawaiian girl name that means Hawaiian form of Annie. It is pronounced AH-neh, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
ʻAne belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Annie in Hawaiian
ʻAne is the Hawaiian form of Annie, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Annie means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Annie in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce ʻAne
Say every vowel. The vowels in ʻAne are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in ʻAne is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is ʻAne a boy or girl name?
ʻAne is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 289 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often ʻAne is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 289 U.S. babies named ʻAne from 1915 to 2023, all girls, counted as Ane because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 43 of those 109 years. Its peak was 1960, with 11. The 2014 to 2023 total of 12 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In the Hawaiʻi records it never reaches five births of one sex in a year, the level at which a name is listed.
How well recorded is ʻAne?
ʻAne has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.