What does Kaleolani mean in Hawaiian?
Kaleolani is a Hawaiian boy name that means the heavenly voice. The name comes from ka (the) + leo (voice) + lani (sky). It is pronounced kah-leh-oh-LAH-nee, with 5 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Kaleolani belongs with other Hawaiian names about music, heaven, sky and royalty.
The heavenly voice
Kaleolani is ka (the), leo (voice, sound, tone) and lani (heaven). Leo in Hawaiian is not only a speaking voice but the voice of a chant, a singer or the wind, so the name can be read as a heavenly song as much as a heavenly voice.
Without lani it is Kaleo, the voice, which is the more common name for boys. Kaleolani is longer and rarer, and the lani adds the sense of something exalted or royal.
The words inside Kaleolani
leo means voice, sound, tone and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Kaleo, Leolani.
lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.
How to pronounce Kaleolani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Kaleolani are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”, o as in “go”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Kaleolani a boy or girl name?
Kaleolani is used mainly as a boy's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Kaleolani is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Kaleolani, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Kaleolani?
Kaleolani has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.