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[amberatcmu.livejournal.com]

How would you pronounce Makalea...i am just wondering because there is a girl i work with and that is how she spells her name

It is pronounced like makayla but i dont get where the pronounciation comes from

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[sageharper.livejournal.com]

I'd say mah-kay-lee-uh

Hmm yeah that is odd.

[solyma.livejournal.com]

that's what i would guess too.

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

I'd pronounce it like Makayla and chalk it up to the parents trying to be unique with the spelling.

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

Mah-kah-lay-uh. It looks Hawaiian.

[neroli.livejournal.com]

Good call! Makale'a (pronounced pretty close to the way you indicated) actually is a Hawaiian name. It means "twinkle-eyed, mischievous."

[honeybeehallett.livejournal.com]

I think I would pronounce it Makayla, but that's just because I would have assumed that they just had a weird way of spelling it. It looks like it should be pronounced Mack-uh-lee-uh!

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

I think it's pronounced MAKAYLIA, not sure

[twoheadedboi.livejournal.com]

I pronounced it Mah-Car-Lee.
And I like my pronunciation much better :P

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Mac-uh-LEE-uh. Maybe Muh-KAY-lee-uh. Not as Makayla, though.

[scottish-diva.livejournal.com]

Ma-Kayla.

[x-lostinyou.livejournal.com]

I saw it as Makayla... I can see how it's not exactly phonetical... but *shrug*

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

Like Michaela.

[turabiannights.livejournal.com]

I would say that Makalea's parents made a boo-boo, if they expect the same pronunciation as Michaela. It looks like it should be mah-kah-lay-uh or Mckaylie or something.

[mooselet.livejournal.com]

Her parents must be seeing the "kale" part as one syllable, like the vegetables they are.

What's wrong with spelling it Michaela, like people have done for billions of years?

[lostrocket.livejournal.com]

I'd say "mack-ah-lee" and it makes me think of Mocklate. Crayzee!

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

MACK-ah-lee.