What does lani mean in Hawaiian?
Lani is the sky and the heavens, and by extension anything high, exalted, or royal. Chiefs were addressed as lani, and a child of high rank was a kama lani. It is the single most common element in Hawaiian names, usually at the end, where it lifts the first word skyward: Leilani is a heavenly lei, Pualani a heavenly flower, Kailani sea and sky. Because of this royal sense, a name ending in lani reads as both celestial and noble.
Say it LAH-nee. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site lani is part of 53 names: 2 begin with it, 48 end with it, and 3 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning heaven.