Message: "My name" - Behind the Name

My name

by pixiedust86

9/27/2006, 6:24 AM

My name is Malea i hear it's a form of Mary/Maria it hawiian but it sounds so different to those name how is it connected? I started going by malea at 14 because i can't stand my birth name Leah ans i liked it at the time i have heard Malea/Mileah/Maleah/Malia means "beloved" "long haired goddess" "innoncent/virgin beauty" and "bitter" does anyone have the whole truth on this name?
Thanks =)

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

9/27/2006, 8:17 AM

Technically it is the spelling Malia that is a Hawaiian name. Maria becomes Malia in Hawaiian because the Hawaiian language has no sound or letter "r", and the tradition in Hawaii is to change "r's" into "l's" when a name is brought into the Hawaiian language from another language.

You can access information about the original meaning of Maria and Mary by clicking on the linked names in this message, which will take you to dictionary entries that are part of this site.

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