What does Leolani mean in Hawaiian?
Leolani is a Hawaiian unisex name that means heavenly voice. The name comes from leo (voice) + lani (heaven). It is pronounced leh-oh-LAH-nee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Leolani belongs with other Hawaiian names about music and heaven.
The words inside Leolani
leo means voice, sound, tone and appears in 3 Hawaiian names, among them Kaleo, Kaleolani.
lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.
How to pronounce Leolani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Leolani are e as in “bet”, o as in “go”, a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Leolani a boy or girl name?
Leolani is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Leolani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 5 U.S. babies named Leolani from 2016 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 1 of those 8 years. Its peak was 2016, with 5. 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 Leolani?
Leolani is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.