What does Ulani mean in Hawaiian?
Ulani is a Hawaiian girl name that means cheerful, lighthearted. The name comes from ulani (cheerful). It is pronounced oo-LAH-nee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Ulani belongs with other Hawaiian names about joy.
The words inside Ulani
ulani means cheerful, heavenly inspiration.
How to pronounce Ulani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Ulani are u as “oo”, a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Ulani a boy or girl name?
Ulani is listed here as a girl's name. Of the 534 U.S. babies given it, 100% were girls and 0% boys.
How often Ulani is given in the U.S.
Social Security records show 534 U.S. babies named Ulani from 1998 to 2023, all girls. It appears every year from 1998 on. Its peak came in 2023, with 80, and 351 were born from 2014 to 2023. 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 Ulani?
Ulani is built from vocabulary recorded in Pukui–Elbert, the standard Hawaiian dictionary, but it has no entry among documented Hawaiian given names.