What does Ualani mean in Hawaiian?
Ualani is a Hawaiian girl name that means heavenly rain. The name comes from ua (rain) + lani (heaven). It is pronounced oo-ah-LAH-nee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Ualani belongs with other Hawaiian names about rain, heaven and water.
The words inside Ualani
ua means rain and appears in 2 Hawaiian names, among them Kauanoe.
lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.
How to pronounce Ualani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Ualani are u as “oo”, a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Ualani a boy or girl name?
Ualani is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.
How often Ualani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 10 U.S. babies named Ualani from 2007 to 2023, all girls. It appears in 2 of those 17 years. Its peak was 2007, with 5. The 2014 to 2023 total of 5 is fewer 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 Ualani?
Ualani is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.