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Keahilani

Pronounced keh-ah-hee-LAH-nee

“heavenly fire”

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Say it

keh·ah·hee·LAH·nee

5 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

Built from

kethe+ahifire+laniheaven

What does Keahilani mean in Hawaiian?

Keahilani is a Hawaiian unisex name that means heavenly fire. The name comes from ke (the) + ahi (fire) + lani (heaven). It is pronounced keh-ah-hee-LAH-nee, with 5 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Keahilani belongs with other Hawaiian names about fire and heaven.

The words inside Keahilani

ahi means fire and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Keahi, Pauahi.

lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.

How to pronounce Keahilani

Say every vowel. The vowels in Keahilani are e as in “bet”, a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Keahilani a boy or girl name?

Keahilani is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.

How often Keahilani is given in the U.S.

Social Security records show 6 U.S. babies named Keahilani from 2019 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 1 of those 5 years. Its peak was 2019, with 6. In the Hawaiʻi records it never reaches five births of one sex in a year, the level at which a name is listed.

How well recorded is Keahilani?

Keahilani is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Keahilani?

keh-ah-hee-LAH-nee, in 5 syllables, with the stress on LAH.

Is Keahilani a girl's or a boy's name?

Keahilani is unisex. Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender, and this one is given to both boys and girls.

What does Keahilani mean in Hawaiian?

heavenly fire. It comes from ke (the) + ahi (fire) + lani (heaven).

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

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