What does Wailani mean in Hawaiian?
Wailani is a Hawaiian unisex name that means heavenly water. The name comes from wai (fresh water) + lani (heaven). It is pronounced wye-LAH-nee, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Wailani belongs with other Hawaiian names about water, heaven and rain.
The words inside Wailani
wai means fresh water and appears in 9 Hawaiian names, among them Kawai, Kawailani, Waiola, Kawaiola.
lani means sky, heaven and appears in 53 Hawaiian names, among them Kailani, Kalani, Leilani, Lani.
How to pronounce Wailani
Say every vowel. The vowels in Wailani are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Wailani a boy or girl name?
Wailani is unisex. Hawaiian has no grammatical gender, and most traditional names were given to any child.
How often Wailani is given in the U.S.
No year from 1880 to 2023 saw five or more U.S. babies named Wailani, and it never reaches five in the Hawaiʻi records either, so it is rare as a first name.
How well recorded is Wailani?
Wailani has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.