What does Hiʻilani mean in Hawaiian?
Hiʻilani is a Hawaiian girl name that means heavenly carrying in the arms. The name comes from hiʻi (carry in the arms) + lani (sky). It is pronounced hee-ee-LAH-nee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Hiʻilani belongs with other Hawaiian names about love, heaven, sky and royalty.
The words inside Hiʻilani
hiʻi means to carry in the arms and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Hiʻiaka, Hiʻilei.
lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.
How to pronounce Hiʻilani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Hiʻilani are i as “ee”, a as in “father”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Hiʻilani is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Hiʻilani a boy or girl name?
Hiʻilani is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 124 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Hiʻilani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 124 U.S. babies named Hiʻilani from 1994 to 2023, all girls, counted as Hiilani because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 17 of those 30 years. Its peak was 2016, with 11. The 2014 to 2023 total of 37 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 84 babies born in the state were named Hiʻilani from 1994 to 2021, with a peak of 7 in 1994. 18 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Hiʻilani?
Hiʻilani has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.