What does Aulani mean in Hawaiian?
Aulani is a Hawaiian unisex name that means royal messenger, chief's messenger. The name comes from au (messenger) + lani (royal). It is pronounced ow-LAH-nee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Aulani belongs with other Hawaiian names about royalty and heaven.
The words inside Aulani
au means current, era.
lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.
How to pronounce Aulani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Aulani are a as in “father”, u as “oo”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Aulani a boy or girl name?
Aulani is listed here as unisex. Of the 904 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Aulani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 904 U.S. babies named Aulani from 1996 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 26 of those 28 years. Its peak was 2017, with 81. The 2014 to 2023 total of 610 is more than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 5 babies born in the state were named Aulani from 1996 to 2021, with a peak of 5 in 1996. No year after 1996 reached five births of one sex there. It is listed here as unisex, but every recorded U.S. birth has been a girl.
How well recorded is Aulani?
Aulani has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.