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Palila - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Palila

[ syll. pa-li-la, pal-ila ] The girl name Palila is pronounced PahLIHLah KEY. Palila's language of origin is Hawaiian and it is also used mainly in the Hawaiian language. The meaning of the name is 'bird'. Pali (short form in Hawaiian) is a variant of Palila.

Palila is not regularly used as a baby girl name. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Palila include Pali (Hawaiian), Paola (Italian), Paula (English, French, German, and Spanish), Pauli (English), Paulie (English), Pauly (English), Pavla (Czech and Russian), Pela (Polish), Pili (Spanish), Pola (Polish), Polli (English), Pollie (English), Polly (English), and Paule (French).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Palila: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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