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Roger · English boy’s name

Roger in Hawaiian is Lokela

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when G became K, R became L, and a vowel was added at the end.

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loh·KEH·lah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Roger in Hawaiian?

Roger is Lokela in Hawaiian, said loh-KEH-lah.

How Roger became Lokela

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Roger G became K, R became L, and a vowel was added at the end. A Hawaiian word cannot finish on a consonant, which is where the last vowel comes from.

Lokela 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 Lokela

Say it loh-KEH-lah, leaning on KEH, sounding every vowel: o as in “go”, e as in “bet”, 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 Roger in Hawaiian?

Roger is Lokela in Hawaiian, pronounced loh-KEH-lah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Lokela?

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

Why does Lokela look so different from Roger?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Roger, G became K, R became L, and a vowel was added at the end.

Is Lokela a real Hawaiian name?

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

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