What does Anela mean in Hawaiian?
Anela is a Hawaiian girl name that means angel. The name comes from ʻānela (angel). It is pronounced ah-NEH-lah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Anela belongs with other Hawaiian names about heaven and gentle.
The words inside Anela
ʻānela means angel.
Angela in Hawaiian
Anela is the Hawaiian form of Angela, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Angela means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Angela in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Anela
Say every vowel. The vowels in Anela are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Anela a boy or girl name?
Anela is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 1,679 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Anela is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 1,679 U.S. babies named Anela from 1959 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 55 of those 65 years. Its peak was 2007, with 79. The 2014 to 2023 total of 460 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 418 babies born in the state were named Anela from 1974 to 2021, with a peak of 20 in 2007. 112 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Anela?
Anela has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.