What does ʻānela mean in Hawaiian?
ʻĀnela is angel, borrowed through the missionary Bible along with much of the religious vocabulary. It joined the language in the 1820s and has been given as a name ever since.
Say it AH-neh-lah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The ʻokina (ʻ) is a short catch in the voice, like the break in “uh-oh”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held a little longer. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site ʻānela is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 0 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning biblical.