What does Emele mean in Hawaiian?
Emele is a Hawaiian girl name that means Hawaiian form of Emily. The name comes from borrowed from Emily. It is pronounced eh-MEH-leh, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Emele belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Emily in Hawaiian
Emele is the Hawaiian form of Emily, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Emily means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Emily in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Emele
Say every vowel. The vowels in Emele are e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Emele a boy or girl name?
Emele is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Emele is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 6 U.S. babies named Emele from 2004 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 1 of those 20 years. No year since 2004 has five or more babies of either sex given it. 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 Emele?
Emele has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.