What does Leinani mean in Hawaiian?
Leinani is a Hawaiian girl name that means beautiful lei, beautiful child. The name comes from lei (garland, child) + nani (beautiful). It is pronounced lay-NAH-nee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Leinani belongs with other Hawaiian names about flower and beauty.
Beautiful lei, beautiful child
Leinani is lei and nani, a beautiful lei. Because lei in names stands for a cherished child, the name is also a beautiful child, a reading every Hawaiian speaker hears at once.
It is one of a large family of lei names. Leilani is the heavenly lei, Leialoha the beloved lei, Leimomi the pearl lei. Leinani is the plainest of them, praising the child's beauty directly.
The words inside Leinani
lei means garland, wreath and appears in 18 Hawaiian names, among them Leilani, Kalei, Leialoha, Hanalei.
nani means beauty, beautiful, glorious and appears in 6 Hawaiian names, among them Kanani, Nani, Puanani, Haunani.
How to pronounce Leinani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Leinani are e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Leinani a boy or girl name?
Leinani is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 129 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Leinani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 129 U.S. babies named Leinani from 1975 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 17 of those 49 years. Its peak was 2018, with 19. The 2014 to 2023 total of 74 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 Leinani?
Leinani has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.