[WildHighlander57]

“...The last is his name.
In Hawaii at that time you were required by law to give your child a English first name.
You could give them any middle name and last name you wished but their first name had to be English.
Since when is Barack an English first name?
If he was born in Hawaii he was not give the first name of Barack.
If he was given the first name of Barack he was not born in Hawaii....”

Now —that— one I haven’t heard; good point !

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The law was changed in 64 or 68. I can't remember which.

But it is why so many people from Hawaii have English first names. Sam Choy, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Daniel Akaka, Benny Agbayani, Benjamin Cayetano....

Now if he was born in Hawaii and his mother named him "Barry Obama" that would have passed muster. But not Barack.

No clerk would have registered him with that name.

[Fred Nerks]

“You could give them any middle name and last name you wished but their first name had to be English.”

A page from the Hawaii birth index would appear to show this statement to be correct, with very few exceptions:

https://myveryownpointofview.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ptdc0028.jpg

It’s not something that I was aware of, either. The exceptions on that page are:

KAM. LUSI. BRAULIO.