What does Hanale mean in Hawaiian?
Hanale is a Hawaiian boy name that means Hawaiian form of Henry. It is pronounced hah-NAH-leh, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Hanale belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Henry in Hawaiian
Henry comes from the Germanic Heimirich, home ruler, and reached English with the Normans. It became one of the most familiar English first names through a line of kings, and it arrived in Hawaiʻi with nineteenth-century newcomers.
Hanale is one of two recorded Hawaiian forms. The other, Henelē, stays closer to the English vowels. Hanale opens the name with a, the way many borrowed names were reshaped to fit the rhythm of Hawaiian, where a is the most common vowel.
Henry in Hawaiian
Hanale is the Hawaiian form of Henry, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Henry means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Henry in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Hanale
Say every vowel. The vowels in Hanale are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Hanale a boy or girl name?
Hanale is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Hanale is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Hanale, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Hanale?
Hanale has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.