What does Alohilani mean in Hawaiian?
Alohilani is a Hawaiian girl name that means bright sky, heavenly brightness. The name comes from alohi (shining) + lani (sky, heaven). It is pronounced ah-loh-hee-LAH-nee, with 5 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Alohilani belongs with other Hawaiian names about light, sky and heaven.
Bright sky
Alohilani is alohi (shining, brilliant, sparkling) and lani (sky, heaven). Alohi is the glitter of light on water or on a clear day, and joined to lani it gives a bright sky or heavenly brilliance.
It is a girl's name. The same alohi appears in Keʻalohilani, the heavenly brightness.
The words inside Alohilani
alohi means to shine, brightness and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Alohi.
lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.
How to pronounce Alohilani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Alohilani are a as in “father”, o as in “go”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Alohilani a boy or girl name?
Alohilani is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 85 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Alohilani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 85 U.S. babies named Alohilani from 2001 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 13 of those 23 years. Its peak was 2007, with 9. The 2014 to 2023 total of 20 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 6 babies born in the state were named Alohilani from 2007 to 2021, with a peak of 6 in 2007. No year after 2007 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Alohilani?
Alohilani has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.