What does Iwalani mean in Hawaiian?
Iwalani is a Hawaiian girl name that means heavenly frigate bird. The name comes from ʻiwa (frigate bird) + lani (heaven). It is pronounced ee-vah-LAH-nee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Iwalani belongs with other Hawaiian names about bird, heaven and sky.
The words inside Iwalani
ʻiwa means frigate bird and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Kaʻiwa.
lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.
How to pronounce Iwalani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Iwalani are i as “ee”, a as in “father”. A w after i or e is pronounced like a v. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Iwalani a boy or girl name?
Iwalani is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 106 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Iwalani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 106 U.S. babies named Iwalani from 1961 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 16 of those 63 years. Its peak was 1975, with 11. The 2014 to 2023 total of 5 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 44 babies born in the state were named Iwalani from 1961 to 2021, with a peak of 6 in 1961. No year after 1983 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Iwalani?
Iwalani has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.