“the heavens, the royal one”
Hawaiian Royal Names
Aliʻi were the chiefs, and lani marked the highest rank. This group includes names of Hawaiian kings and queens and names that mean chief or royal child.
The Hawaiian words for royalty
- Unisex
“heavenly lei, royal child”
Girl“sky, heaven, royal”
Unisex“high chief”
Unisex“the royal sacred one, the highest point of heaven”
Girl“heavenly child, royal child”
Unisex“glorious heaven, heavenly glory”
Girl“heavenly flower, royal offspring”
Girl“noble, Hawaiian form of Adele”
Girl“royal messenger, chief's messenger”
Unisex“heavenly carrying in the arms”
Girl“royal hawk, hawk of heaven”
Unisex“the heavenly call”
Girl“the lei of heaven, the royal child”
Boy“the heavenly voice”
Boy“the lonely one, the one set apart”
Boy“arch of heaven”
Girl“the chief”
Boy“the heavenly brightness”
Girl“the strand of a lei, an ancient chiefly name of Hawaiʻi Island”
Boy“heavenly child”
Girl“the chief (simplified spelling of Kealiʻi)”
Boy“heavenly loveliness”
Girl“a chiefly name”
Boy“chief, royalty”
Unisex“royal Emma”
Girl“master, to compose or weave a lei”
Unisex“honored, glorious, dignified”
Boy“heavenly fruit, royal offspring”
Girl“heavenly splendor, sacred majesty”
Girl“the feather cloak”
Girl“the zealous heavenly one, an 18th-century chief of Kauaʻi”
Boy“the thunder, the last independent king of Maui”
Boy“feather standard of Hawaiian royalty”
Unisex“choice, precious, esteemed”
Unisex“an 18th-century high chief of Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi”
Boy“the day of battle”
Boy“the royal chief without measure”
Boy“the island chief, the ship of heaven”
Boy“the protection, the shade”
Girl“the heavenly flower, royal blossom”
Girl“equality, an 18th-century king of Maui”
Boy“the gathering of the clouds of heaven”
Girl“Hawaiian form of Stephen”
Boy“a supernatural lizard, a chiefly name of Maui”
Boy“a high chiefess and kuhina nui (regent) of Hawaiʻi”
Girl“standing chief, a legendary king of Oʻahu”
Boy“name of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, delegate to the U.S. Congress”
Boy“glowing, blazing”
Boy“smarting of the royal ones”
Girl“a 15th-century king of Hawaiʻi Island (meaning uncertain)”
Boy“the raging fires”
Girl“the fire is out”
Girl“ascent to heaven, a 16th-century king of Maui”
Boy“ten, ʻUmi-a-Līloa, a celebrated king of Hawaiʻi Island”
Boy
Other meanings
- Ocean
- Water
- Flower
- Sky
- Heaven
- Strength
- Warrior
- Love
- Light
- Moon
- Star
- Sun
- Rain
- Wind
- Beauty
- Peace
- Fire
- Earth
- Bird
- Gift
- Joy
- Nature
- Mythology
- Tree
- Gentle
- Wisdom
- Hope
- Freedom
- Life
- Music
- Biblical
- Mountain