Pele

See also: pele, pelé, pèle, pêle, pelē, pelė, and pelë

English

Proper noun

Pele

(Hawaiian mythology) The Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanos.

Anagrams

LEEP, Leep, Lepe, Peel, peel

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpe.le/, [ˈpɛlɛ]

Proper noun

Pele

(Hawaiian mythology) Pele
(rare) A female given name.

Usage notes

Old Hawaiians believed that naming a child Pele is dangerous unless the name was specially revealed in a dream.

References

Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 396
Martha Warren Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology, Yale University Press 1940
Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 2 women and 3 men.

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