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[Opinions] Hawaiian girl's names
I’ve been looking at Hawaiian versions of English names – and was wondering if anyone in Hawaii - or nearby - could tell me if these names are used relatively often? Just searching on Google suggests they are – but it’s always hard to tell if you don’t live there. Some random (lovely) girl’s names attached below. Loretta -Loleka
Louise - Luika
Rachel - Leikela
Ruth –Luka (and I know most of this board consider this solely a boy’s name – but it’s also a girl’s name :)
Karen - Kalena
Maria - Malia
Marianne - Meleana
Marylou – Melelu
Melissa – MelikaThanks for any responses – EV.
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Some Hawaiian versions of names are so lovely! They bring new life to otherwise boring names (Rachel is the perfect example for me). From your list I love Malia, Luika, Leikela, and Meleana. I adore Luka, but only on a boy.Here are some others I like:
Apikalia - Abigail
Elikapeka - Elizabeth
Kala - Sarah
Kekepania - StephanieIakopa - Jacob
Iokua - Joshua
Keoni - John
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those names are lovely! - particularly Iokua. Thankyou very much (and I accept that my love of the name Luka on a girl isn't commonly shared :) - I do love Luca on a boy though :)
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Interesting. I love Meleana and Kalena. Interesting also about Luka being a variant of Ruth. LuCa is all boy for me, since it's a version of Luke, but I've always assumed the Luka from the song by Suzanne Vega to be female, so that makes sense, I guess.
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Interesting, becausethe child in that video is a boy, I remember; so I did a quick check and found this.http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3528Suzanne herself says Luka is a boy.
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