What does Mililani mean in Hawaiian?
Mililani is a Hawaiian girl name that means gentle caress, to praise, exalt. The name comes from mili (to caress) + lani (heaven). It is pronounced mee-lee-LAH-nee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Mililani belongs with other Hawaiian names about heaven and love.
The words inside Mililani
mili means to caress, to handle gently.
lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.
Mililani as a place name
Mililani is also a town on Oʻahu, where the name is read as exalted, praised, a place beloved of chiefs. Place names and given names draw on the same words, so the meanings usually overlap but are not always identical. The page on what Mililani means has the full story, and Hawaiian town and beach names covers the rest.
How to pronounce Mililani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Mililani are i as “ee”, a as in “father”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Mililani a boy or girl name?
Mililani is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 123 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Mililani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 123 U.S. babies named Mililani from 2002 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 13 of those 22 years. Its peak was 2020, with 17. The 2014 to 2023 total of 103 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 Mililani?
Mililani has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.