What does Lahela mean in Hawaiian?
Lahela is a Hawaiian girl name that means Hawaiian form of Rachel. It is pronounced lah-HEH-lah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Lahela belongs with other Hawaiian names about biblical.
Rachel in Hawaiian
Lahela is the Hawaiian form of Rachel, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Rachel means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Rachel in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Lahela
Say every vowel. The vowels in Lahela are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Lahela a boy or girl name?
Lahela is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 219 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Lahela is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 219 U.S. babies named Lahela from 1981 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 25 of those 43 years. Its peak was 2006, with 27. The 2014 to 2023 total of 30 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 27 babies born in the state were named Lahela from 1981 to 2021, with a peak of 6 in 1981. No year after 2010 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Lahela?
Lahela has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.