Mele
Hawaiian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English Mary. Identical with the Hawaiian word mele (“chant, song”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMele
- a female given name from English or Hawaiian
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 186
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Mele occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name of 87 women and 1 man.