What does Nani mean in Hawaiian?
Nani is a Hawaiian girl name that means beauty, splendor. The name comes from nani (beautiful). It is pronounced NAH-nee, with 2 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Nani belongs with other Hawaiian names about beauty.
The words inside Nani
nani means beauty, beautiful, glorious and appears in 6 Hawaiian names, among them Kanani, Puanani, Haunani, Leinani.
How to pronounce Nani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Nani are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Nani a boy or girl name?
Nani is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 639 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Nani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 639 U.S. babies named Nani from 1922 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 53 of those 102 years. Its peak came in 2021, with 39, and 257 were born from 2014 to 2023. In Hawaiʻi itself, 22 babies born in the state were named Nani from 1955 to 2021, with a peak of 6 in 1955. No year after 1991 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Nani?
Nani has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.