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Feb 10 2008 09:52 PM ET
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Helen Hunt and Makena'lei out in Brentwood

Actress Helen Hunt, 44, and her daughter Makena’lei, 3 ½, were spotted out in Brentwood, CA on Saturday. Dad is Helen’s longtime boyfriend Mathew Carnahan.

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i love helen hunt-i have mad about you on dvd =D her daughter has such gorgeous hair.

- ang on

I love the rare occasion when we get to see pictures of Makena’lei. Thanks for sharing this! Now if I could just figure out how to pronounce her daughter’s name.

Sarah’s note: Mah-keh-nah lay.

- Emily on

wow this is my first time seeing helen hunt’s daughter. she is beautiful. her red hair is striking!

- coco on

I LOVE her hair. I wish i had hair like that.

- Olivia on

You pronounce it the way sarah said, but you take a breath between makena and lei b/c that is an okina (aka glottal stop) and you take a breath when you see that marking.

- Kim on

Hi, I haven’t posted here (although I love the site), but since I’m native Hawaiian, I thought I’d clear up the pronunciation. Sarah was accurate about the pronunciation, and Kim was correct about the fact that with an ‘okina (glottal stop), you take a short pause. However, Makena’lei’s name is a misspelling. ‘Okina never come before or after a consonant. In Hawaiian, it would be Makenalei, one word without a glottal stop, with the pentameter being like this: ma-KE-na-LEI (Sorry, I couldn’t figure out how to type out iambic pentameter with my keyboard). =P

- Dina on

Thank you for the tip, It’s dificult to pronounce her name!
Awww she is such a cute girl, and I used to watch Helen hunt’s tv show ‘mad about you’ too! It is soo cool!!!!

- Giuliana on

Boy! Is she ever gonna be tall. And her facial expression looks almost identical to her mom in that picture!

- Terra on

Hi there…
Some on here are saying that “Sarah” posted how to pronounce Helen’s daughters name, but I don’t see a post from “Sarah”. I hate to admit it, but I’m still confused how to pronounce this childs name–can someone please explain it to those of us who are still confused?? Thanks a bunch :)

Sarah’s note: My post is in bold beneath Emily’s comment.

- Jennifer on

What fabulous hair that child has!

- Pam on

she looks like her mom with her dad’s red hair- what a beauty! and i love her name.

- kemp on

I thought I read somewhere (probably when she was born) that her first name is Makena and lei is her middle name, in honor of Helen’s father, because they liked to visit Hawaii together. Something like that!

Sarah’s note: Her middle name is Gordon after Helen’s dad.

- Sara on

So what DIna is saying it has to have a vowel in front and behind the ‘.

- Olivia on

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