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Michaela · English girl’s name

Michaela in Hawaiian is Makala

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when C became K.

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mah·KAH·lah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Michaela in Hawaiian?

Michaela is Makala in Hawaiian, said mah-KAH-lah.

How Michaela became Makala

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Michaela C became K.

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

As a Hawaiian name, Makala is read as the word mākala, “to loosen, to release”.

How to say Makala

Say it mah-KAH-lah, leaning on KAH, sounding every vowel: a as in “father”. 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 Michaela in Hawaiian?

Michaela is Makala in Hawaiian, pronounced mah-KAH-lah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Makala?

mah-KAH-lah, with the stress on KAH.

Why does Makala look so different from Michaela?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Michaela, C became K.

Is Makala a real Hawaiian name?

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

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