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Adele · English girl’s name

Adele in Hawaiian is Akela

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when D became K, and the final e became a.

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ah·KEH·lah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Adele in Hawaiian?

Adele is Akela in Hawaiian, said ah-KEH-lah.

How Adele became Akela

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Adele D became K, and the final e became a.

Akela has a page of its own as a Hawaiian given name, with its popularity and the names it is usually paired with.

How to say Akela

Say it ah-KEH-lah, leaning on KEH, sounding every vowel: a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. The pronunciation guide covers the whole system.

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

Questions people ask

What is Adele in Hawaiian?

Adele is Akela in Hawaiian, pronounced ah-KEH-lah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Akela?

ah-KEH-lah, with the stress on KEH.

Why does Akela look so different from Adele?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Adele, D became K, and the final e became a.

Is Akela a real Hawaiian name?

Yes, as a borrowed name. Hawaiian families have used Akela since the 1800s, but it is Adele respelled, not a name built from Hawaiian words.

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