How to Say "Elijah" in Hawaiian

ʻElia

/ʔeˈli.a/

The name Elijah in Hawaiian is ʻElia.

ʻElia is the Hawaiian form of the male given name Elijah, used for the prophet in the Hawaiian Bible and as a personal name.

Meaning: male given name (name)

Which one should you use?

You may also see it written Elia without the ʻokina, the mark at the start that stands for a glottal stop.

The IPA is /ʔeˈli.a/. It has three syllables with the stress on the second, and it starts with a short catch in the throat.

Do not drop the first sound. The ʻokina marks a real consonant in Hawaiian, so the name begins with a glottal stop before the vowel.

The name ʻElia is shared with the prophet Elias in many other languages, as Hawaiian adapts the biblical name based on the Greek and Latin versions rather than the English 'Elijah'.
While ʻElia is traditionally a male name, many Hawaiian names are unisex and can be given to any gender based on family preference.
Because Hawaiian has a limited number of consonants, biblical names like ʻElia are adapted to fit a strict vowel-consonant pattern that avoids consonant clusters.

2012 Baibala Hemolele, Malaki 4:5-6 (tr. KJV Malachi 4:5-6)
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD, And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
This verse from Malachi in the 2012 Hawaiian Bible names the prophet Elijah.
Wiktionary
Eia hoʻi kekahi poʻe hoa i koʻu hoa ikaika, o Elia.
Here are some friends of my strong friend, Elijah.
ʻElia ka inoa o ke keiki.
Elijah is the name of the boy.
He ʻElia kēia.
This is Elijah.

Two men are introducing themselves at a gathering.

Sources

Wiktionary, “elijah” translations and entries ʻElia, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
Example sentences: Wiktionary CC BY-SA 4.0.

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