What does Leilana mean in Hawaiian?
Leilana is a Hawaiian girl name that means floating lei, buoyant child. The name comes from lei + lana (floating). It is pronounced lay-LAH-nah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Leilana belongs with other Hawaiian names about flower and water.
How to pronounce Leilana
Say every vowel. The vowels in Leilana are e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Leilana a boy or girl name?
Leilana is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 570 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Leilana is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 570 U.S. babies named Leilana from 1989 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 24 of those 35 years. Its peak was 2020, with 43. The 2014 to 2023 total of 320 is more than in all earlier years combined. 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 Leilana?
Leilana is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.