What does Kaʻiulani mean?
Kaʻiulani is a Hawaiian girl name that means the royal sacred one, the highest point of heaven. The name comes from ka (the) + ʻiu (sacred, lofty) + lani (heaven, royal). It is pronounced kah-ee-oo-LAH-nee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Name of Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani (1875 to 1899), heir to the Hawaiian throne.
Kaʻiulani belongs with other Hawaiian names about royalty and heaven.
How to pronounce Kaʻiulani
Say every vowel. A as in “father”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, o as in “go”, u as “oo”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Kaʻiulani is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kaʻiulani a boy or girl name?
Kaʻiulani is used mainly as a girl's name. Like most Hawaiian names it has no grammatical gender, so it can be given to any child, but modern usage leans feminine.