Seas (1926) to Lilo & Stitch (2002). For many Hawaiian words, the okina (glottal stop) and kahakō (macron to denote a long vowel) are important to the meaning of a word. They are often ignored in English texts, or okina are added where they do not belong. Hawaiian vowels should be pronounced clearly even when they are not stressed. Popularity surveys This information is based on a survey of Hawaiian given names of persons born in 1900–1989 and 2000–2005, from obituaries in Honolulu Advertiser and Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1994–2004, and samples of births and marriages on Oahu in Honolulu Star-Bulletin 2000–2005. It's a small sample with an uneven age distribution, and centered on Oahu. But no one else seems to have researched the subject at all. The 3,750 persons in the survey had a total of 1,996 different names. 418 of these names had eight or more syllables (up to 44). The proportion of long names was diminishing but it took an upward turn in 2000–2005. Hawaiian names occur as middle names until the 1960s. Even today, middle names outnumber first names by four to one. A minority of parents have started giving nothing but Hawaiian names to their children. In births registered on Oahu 2001–2002, about 25% of girls and 15% of boys received at least one Hawaiian name. Names with negative meaning have disappeared in this sample, and the unisex quality is waning. Many favorite names a hundred years ago, like Kealoha, Kalei, Leialoha, and Keonaona, were popular with both sexes. Today, the trendiest names are different for girls and boys. Modern parents seemed to think that the ending -lani belongs to women: 31% of women but only 11% of men had names ending in -lani (heaven), -o-ka-lani (of Heaven), -o-nā-lani (of the heavens) or -mai-ka-lani (from Heaven), a recent innovation. Names beginning with the definite article Ka-/Ke- seem to have a masculine image: 46% of men but only 33% of women had such names. Five percent of the women in this survey were named Leilani ("heavenly lei"). Other popular women's names included: 1900–1939: Kuulei ("my lei"), Leināala ("the fragrances are wafted"), Leialoha ("lei of love"), Leinani ("beautiful lei"), Leimomi ("pearl necklace") 1940–1969: Puanani ("beautiful flower"), Leialoha, Haunani ("beautiful snow"), Iwalani ("royal Frigatebird"), Uilani ("heavenly young beauty"), Ululani ("heavenly inspiration") 1970–1989: Malia (Mary), Kēhaulani ("heavenly dew"), Kuuipo ("my sweetheart"), Maile ("the maile vine"), Noelani ("heavenly mist"), Puanani 2000–2005: Malia,