What does Nalani mean in Hawaiian?
Nalani is a Hawaiian girl name that means the heavens, calm skies. The name comes from nā (the, plural) + lani (heavens). It is pronounced nah-LAH-nee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Nalani belongs with other Hawaiian names about heaven, sky and peace.
The words inside Nalani
lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.
How to pronounce Nalani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Nalani are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Nalani a boy or girl name?
Nalani is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 6,617 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Nalani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 6,617 U.S. babies named Nalani from 1946 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 73 of those 78 years. Its peak came in 2022, with 547, and 3,873 were born from 2014 to 2023. In Hawaiʻi itself, 213 babies born in the state were named Nalani from 1950 to 2021, with a peak of 12 in 2001. 27 were born there from 2012 to 2021.
How well recorded is Nalani?
Nalani has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.