What does Uʻilani mean in Hawaiian?
Uʻilani is a Hawaiian girl name that means heavenly beauty, youthful heavenly one. The name comes from uʻi (youthful beauty) + lani (heaven). It is pronounced oo-ee-LAH-nee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Uʻilani belongs with other Hawaiian names about beauty and heaven.
The words inside Uʻilani
uʻi means youthful, beautiful and appears in 5 Hawaiian names, among them Kauʻi, Uilama, Kauʻilani, Uʻi.
lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.
How to pronounce Uʻilani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Uʻilani are u as “oo”, i as “ee”, a as in “father”. The ʻokina (ʻ) in Uʻilani is a short pause, like the break in “uh-oh”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Uʻilani a boy or girl name?
Uʻilani is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 111 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Uʻilani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 111 U.S. babies named Uʻilani from 1971 to 2023, all girls, counted as Uilani because the records drop the ʻokina and kahakō. It appears in 18 of those 53 years. Its peak was 1981, with 10. The 2014 to 2023 total of 14 is fewer than in all earlier years combined. In Hawaiʻi itself, 59 babies born in the state were named Uʻilani from 1973 to 2021, with a peak of 9 in 1981. No year after 1995 reached five births of one sex there.
How well recorded is Uʻilani?
Uʻilani has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.