What does Keilani mean in Hawaiian?
Keilani is a Hawaiian girl name that means glorious heaven, heavenly glory. The name comes from kei (glory, pride) + lani (heaven). It is pronounced kay-LAH-nee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Keilani belongs with other Hawaiian names about heaven and royalty.
The words inside Keilani
kei means glory, pride, dignity.
lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.
How to pronounce Keilani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Keilani are e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Keilani a boy or girl name?
Keilani is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 4,544 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Keilani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 4,544 U.S. babies named Keilani from 1975 to 2023 (4,539 girls, 5 boys). It appears in 41 of those 49 years. Its peak came in 2022, with 464, and 2,900 were born from 2014 to 2023. In Hawaiʻi itself, 36 babies born in the state were named Keilani from 2004 to 2021, with a peak of 8 in 2020. 25 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Keilani?
Keilani is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.