What does Māhealani mean in Hawaiian?
Māhealani is a Hawaiian girl name that means night of the full moon. The name comes from the 16th night of the Hawaiian lunar month. It is pronounced mah-heh-ah-LAH-nee, with 5 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Māhealani belongs with other Hawaiian names about moon, sky and heaven.
How to pronounce Māhealani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Māhealani are a as in “father”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held slightly longer. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Māhealani a boy or girl name?
Māhealani is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 606 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Māhealani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 606 U.S. babies named Māhealani from 1969 to 2023, all girls, counted as Mahealani because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 48 of those 55 years. Its peak was 2018, with 23. The 2014 to 2023 total of 174 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 300 babies born in the state were named Māhealani from 1969 to 2021, with a peak of 16 in 1999. 37 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Māhealani?
Māhealani has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.