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Hulali

Pronounced hoo-LAH-lee

“shining, sparkling, glistening”

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hoo·LAH·lee

3 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

What does Hulali mean in Hawaiian?

Hulali is a Hawaiian girl name that means shining, sparkling, glistening. The name comes from hulali (glittering). It is pronounced hoo-LAH-lee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Hulali belongs with other Hawaiian names about light and beauty.

The words inside Hulali

hulali means glittering, sparkling.

How to pronounce Hulali

Say every vowel. The vowels in Hulali are u as “oo”, a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Hulali a boy or girl name?

Hulali is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.

How often Hulali is given in the U.S.

Social Security records show 5 U.S. babies named Hulali from 2013 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 1 of those 11 years. No year since 2013 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 Hulali?

Hulali is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Hulali?

hoo-LAH-lee, in 3 syllables, with the stress on LAH.

Is Hulali a girl's or a boy's name?

Hulali is used mainly as a girl name, though Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender and it can be given to any child.

What does Hulali mean in Hawaiian?

shining, sparkling, glistening. It comes from hulali (glittering).

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

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