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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.

Hawaiian Royal Names, with example names

Spotlight · names meaning royalty

  • “the heavens, the royal one”

    kathe+laniheaven, royal
    kah-LAH-neeUnisex
  • “heavenly lei, royal child”

    leigarland+laniheaven, sky, royal
    lay-LAH-neeGirl
  • “sky, heaven, royal”

    lani (heaven, sky, chief)

    LAH-neeUnisex

55 names · 22 girl · 23 boy · 10 unisex

The Hawaiian words for royalty

These are the words the names below are built from. Each links to a definition and every name that uses it.

More words for royalty: ʻilima (ʻilima flower), ʻiu (sacred), kāhili (royal feather standard), kaulana (famous), kei (glory), laʻa (sacred), pīkake (Arabian jasmine).

  • Heaven

    Kalani

    “the heavens, the royal one”

    Pronounced kah-LAH-neeka + lani

    Unisex
  • Flower

    Leilani

    “heavenly lei, royal child”

    Pronounced lay-LAH-neelei + lani

    Girl
  • Heaven

    Lani

    “sky, heaven, royal”

    Pronounced LAH-nee

    Unisex
  • Royal

    Ailani

    “high chief”

    Pronounced eye-LAH-neealiʻi + lani

    Unisex
  • “the royal sacred one, the highest point of heaven”

    Pronounced kah-ee-oo-LAH-neeka + ʻiu + lani

    Girl
  • Heaven

    Kamalani

    “heavenly child, royal child”

    Pronounced kah-mah-LAH-neekama + lani

    Unisex
  • Heaven

    Keilani

    “glorious heaven, heavenly glory”

    Pronounced kay-LAH-neekei + lani

    Girl
  • Flower

    Pualani

    “heavenly flower, royal offspring”

    Pronounced poo-ah-LAH-neepua + lani

    Girl
  • Royal

    Akela

    “noble, Hawaiian form of Adele”

    Pronounced ah-KEH-lah

    Girl
  • Royal

    Aulani

    “royal messenger, chief's messenger”

    Pronounced ow-LAH-neeau + lani

    Unisex
  • “heavenly carrying in the arms”

    Pronounced hee-ee-LAH-neehiʻi + lani

    Girl
  • “royal hawk, hawk of heaven”

    Pronounced ee-oh-LAH-neeʻio + lani

    Unisex
  • Heaven

    Kahealani

    “the heavenly call”

    Pronounced kah-heh-ah-LAH-neeka + hea + lani

    Girl
  • “the lei of heaven, the royal child”

    Pronounced kah-leh-ee-oh-kah-LAH-neeka + lei + o + ka + lani

    Boy
  • Heaven

    Kaleolani

    “the heavenly voice”

    Pronounced kah-leh-oh-LAH-neeka + leo + lani

    Boy
  • “the lonely one, the one set apart”

    Pronounced kah-meh-hah-MEH-hahka + mehameha

    Boy
  • “arch of heaven”

    Pronounced kah-pee-oh-LAH-neeka + piʻo + lani

    Girl
  • “the chief”

    Pronounced keh-ah-LEE-eeke + aliʻi

    Boy
  • “the heavenly brightness”

    Pronounced keh-ah-loh-hee-LAH-nee

    Girl
  • Royal

    Keawe

    “the strand of a lei, an ancient chiefly name of Hawaiʻi Island”

    Pronounced keh-AH-vehke + awe

    Boy
  • “heavenly child”

    Pronounced kay-kee-LAH-neekeiki + lani

    Girl
  • Royal

    Keliʻi

    “the chief (simplified spelling of Kealiʻi)”

    Pronounced keh-LEE-eeke + aliʻi

    Boy
  • Beauty

    Nohealani

    “heavenly loveliness”

    Pronounced noh-heh-ah-LAH-neenohea + lani

    Girl
  • “a chiefly name”

    Pronounced ah-lah-PYE

    Boy
  • Royal

    Aliʻi

    “chief, royalty”

    Pronounced ah-LEE-ee

    Unisex
  • Royal

    Emalani

    “royal Emma”

    Pronounced eh-mah-LAH-neeEma + lani

    Girl
  • Royal

    Haku

    “master, to compose or weave a lei”

    Pronounced HAH-koo

    Unisex
  • “honored, glorious, dignified”

    Pronounced hah-noh-HAH-noh

    Boy
  • Heaven

    Hualani

    “heavenly fruit, royal offspring”

    Pronounced hoo-ah-LAH-neehua + lani

    Girl
  • Heaven

    Ihilani

    “heavenly splendor, sacred majesty”

    Pronounced ee-hee-LAH-neeihi + lani

    Girl
  • “the feather cloak”

    Pronounced kah-ah-hoo-MAH-nooka + ʻahu + manu

    Girl
  • “the zealous heavenly one, an 18th-century chief of Kauaʻi”

    Pronounced kah-eh-oh-koo-LAH-neekaʻeo + kū + lani

    Boy
  • “the thunder, the last independent king of Maui”

    Pronounced kah-heh-KEE-leeka + hekili

    Boy
  • Royal

    Kāhili

    “feather standard of Hawaiian royalty”

    Pronounced kah-HEE-lee

    Unisex
  • Love

    Kahiwa

    “choice, precious, esteemed”

    Pronounced kah-HEE-vahka + hiwa

    Unisex
  • “an 18th-century high chief of Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi”

    Pronounced kah-ee-AH-nah

    Boy
  • “the day of battle”

    Pronounced kah-LAH-kow-ahka + lā + kaua

    Boy
  • “the royal chief without measure”

    Pronounced kah-lah-nee-ah-nah-OH-lehka + lani + ana + ʻole

    Boy
  • “the island chief, the ship of heaven”

    Pronounced kah-lah-nee-MOH-kooka + lani + moku

    Boy
  • “the protection, the shade”

    Pronounced kah-MAH-mah-looka + māmalu

    Girl
  • Flower

    Kapualani

    “the heavenly flower, royal blossom”

    Pronounced kah-poo-ah-LAH-neeka + pua + lani

    Girl
  • “equality, an 18th-century king of Maui”

    Pronounced keh-kow-LEE-kehke + kaulike

    Boy
  • “the gathering of the clouds of heaven”

    Pronounced keh-oh-poo-oh-LAH-neeke + ōpū + o + lani

    Girl
  • Royal

    Kepano

    “Hawaiian form of Stephen”

    Pronounced keh-PAH-noh

    Boy
  • Royal

    Kiha

    “a supernatural lizard, a chiefly name of Maui”

    Pronounced KEE-hah

    Boy
  • “a high chiefess and kuhina nui (regent) of Hawaiʻi”

    Pronounced kee-NAH-oo

    Girl
  • “standing chief, a legendary king of Oʻahu”

    Pronounced koo-ah-LEE-eekū + aliʻi

    Boy
  • Royal

    Kūhiō

    “name of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, delegate to the U.S. Congress”

    Pronounced koo-hee-OH

    Boy
  • “glowing, blazing”

    Pronounced lee-hoh-LEE-hoh

    Boy
  • “smarting of the royal ones”

    Pronounced lee-lee-oo-oh-kah-LAH-neeliliʻu + o ka lani

    Girl
  • Royal

    Līloa

    “a 15th-century king of Hawaiʻi Island (meaning uncertain)”

    Pronounced LEE-loh-ah

    Boy
  • “the raging fires”

    Pronounced nah-hee-eh-nah-EH-nahnā + hiʻena

    Girl
  • Royal

    Pauahi

    “the fire is out”

    Pronounced pow-AH-heepau + ahi

    Girl
  • “ascent to heaven, a 16th-century king of Maui”

    Pronounced pee-ee-LAH-neepiʻi + lani

    Boy
  • Royal

    ʻUmi

    “ten, ʻUmi-a-Līloa, a celebrated king of Hawaiʻi Island”

    Pronounced OO-mee

    Boy

Other meanings

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What Hawaiian girl names mean royalty?

Leilani (heavenly lei, royal child), Kaʻiulani (the royal sacred one, the highest point of heaven), Keilani (glorious heaven, heavenly glory), Pualani (heavenly flower, royal offspring), Akela (noble, Hawaiian form of Adele), Hiʻilani (heavenly carrying in the arms).

What Hawaiian boy names mean royalty?

Kaleiokalani (the lei of heaven, the royal child), Kaleolani (the heavenly voice), Kamehameha (the lonely one, the one set apart), Kealiʻi (the chief), Keawe (the strand of a lei, an ancient chiefly name of Hawaiʻi Island), Keliʻi (the chief (simplified spelling of Kealiʻi)).