What does Kaleiokalani mean in Hawaiian?
Kaleiokalani is a Hawaiian boy name that means the lei of heaven, the royal child. The name comes from ka (the) + lei (wreath, child) + o (of) + ka (the) + lani (sky). It is pronounced kah-leh-ee-oh-kah-LAH-nee, with 6 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kaleiokalani belongs with other Hawaiian names about bird, heaven and royalty.
A phrase with a possessive
Kaleiokalani is a full phrase: ka lei o ka lani, the lei of the heavens. The small word o means of, the same possessive found in place names such as Hale o Keawe, the house of Keawe.
Because lani also means a chief, the name can be heard as the chief's lei, and so the chief's beloved child. It is long, six syllables, and it is usually shortened in daily use to Kalei.
The words inside Kaleiokalani
lei means garland, wreath and appears in 18 Hawaiian names, among them Leilani, Kalei, Leialoha, Hanalei.
lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.
How to pronounce Kaleiokalani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kaleiokalani are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, o as in “go”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kaleiokalani a boy or girl name?
Kaleiokalani is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kaleiokalani is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kaleiokalani, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kaleiokalani?
Kaleiokalani has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.