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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Comments

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

- ang on February 10th, 2008

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 February 10th, 2008

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

- coco on February 10th, 2008

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

- Olivia on February 10th, 2008

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 February 11th, 2008

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 February 11th, 2008

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 February 11th, 2008

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

- Terra on February 11th, 2008

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 February 11th, 2008

What fabulous hair that child has!

- Pam on February 11th, 2008

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

- kemp on February 11th, 2008

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 February 11th, 2008

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

- Olivia on February 11th, 2008