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Malia

Feminine
Origin: Polynesian Origin: Hawaiian Syllables: 2 Length: 5 letters

Meaning & Etymology

"Form of Mary meaning of the Sea or Bitter"

Phonetic Key (Double Metaphone): ML
Used for sound-alike matching

Linguistic Connections

Spelling & Dialect Variants

1 related
Maleah (Polynesian, Hawaiian)

Cross-Cultural Cognates

4 cognates
Mair (Welsh) Maliyah (American) Mary (Hebrew) My (Scandinavian)

Sound-Alike Names

Phonetically similar names sharing the "ML" sound key and 2 syllables

Mala

Feminine Indian (Sanskrit) given name

Necklace, garland

Mali

Feminine Arabic given name

Full, rich

Malo

Masculine Polynesian, Hawaiian given name

Winner

Mele

Masculine Polynesian, Hawaiian given name

Song

Meli

Feminine Native American given name

Of the Sea or Bitter

Mila

Feminine Slavic given name

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