What does Okalani mean in Hawaiian?
Okalani is a Hawaiian girl name that means of heaven. The name comes from o (of) + ka lani (the heaven). It is pronounced oh-kah-LAH-nee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Okalani belongs with other Hawaiian names about heaven.
How to pronounce Okalani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Okalani are o as in “go”, a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Okalani a boy or girl name?
Okalani is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 39 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Okalani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 39 U.S. babies named Okalani from 2009 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 6 of those 15 years. Its peak was 2017, with 10. The 2014 to 2023 total of 33 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 Okalani?
Okalani is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.