What does Ihilani mean in Hawaiian?
Ihilani is a Hawaiian girl name that means heavenly splendor, sacred majesty. The name comes from ihi (sacred, majestic) + lani (heaven). It is pronounced ee-hee-LAH-nee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Ihilani belongs with other Hawaiian names about heaven and royalty.
Heavenly majesty
Ihilani is ihi (sacred, majestic, dignified) and lani (heaven, royal). Ihi is the awe owed to something sacred or chiefly, so the name speaks of splendour and reverence rather than prettiness.
It is also the name of a resort at Ko Olina on Oʻahu, which is where many people first meet it. As a given name it is used for girls.
The words inside Ihilani
ihi means sacred, majestic.
lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.
How to pronounce Ihilani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Ihilani are i as “ee”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Ihilani a boy or girl name?
Ihilani is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Ihilani is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Ihilani, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Ihilani?
Ihilani is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.