What does Palani mean in Hawaiian?
Palani is a Hawaiian boy name that means Hawaiian form of Frank or Francis. It is pronounced pah-LAH-nee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Palani belongs with other Hawaiian names about freedom.
Frank in Hawaiian
Palani is the Hawaiian form of Frank, the English name respelled with Hawaiian sounds. It is not a translation of what Frank means, but it has been used by Hawaiian families since the 1800s. The page on Frank in Hawaiian traces which letters changed and why.
How to pronounce Palani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Palani are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Palani a boy or girl name?
Palani is listed here as a boy's name. Of the 30 U.S. babies given it, 0% were girls and 100% boys.
How often Palani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 30 U.S. babies named Palani from 1975 to 2023, all boys. It appears in 5 of those 49 years. No year since 1994 has five or more babies of either sex given it. In Hawaiʻi itself, 17 babies born in the state were named Palani from 1975 to 2021, with a peak of 6 in 1978. No year after 1994 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Palani?
Palani has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.