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Re: Who knows something about Hawaiian names?

by Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

7/15/2006, 12:31 PM

Believe it or not babycenter is correct on this one. According to Hawaiian Names, English Names by Eileen Root, Lokelani does indeed mean "heavenly rose". The suffix -lani is very common in Hawaiian names. It originally meant "sky" or "heaven, heavenly" but also had connotations of royalty.

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- Anneza +1

7/16/2006, 10:44 PM

Is the Rose component a reference to the usual garden variety of rose - thorns, smells pretty, gave its name to medieval wars? Because if so, the name must surely be a modern one ... unless roses are somehow indigenous to Hawaii. Or does it have a more generic meaning, the way "apple" is a generic word for fruit, much used for things like pineapples which really don't resemble an apple at all?

- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

7/18/2006, 1:44 PM

Yes, it is modern. Loke is the Hawaiian word for rose in the usual sense, and is simply the Hawaiianized version of the English word "rose". R changes to L and S changes to K to match the Hawaiian alphabet.

- Lissy (GLynElisabeth)

7/16/2006, 11:57 AM

Thanks!! :D

Alright! Thank you very much! :D

~Lully Lulla~

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