What does nani mean in Hawaiian?
Nani means beautiful, pretty, glorious, or splendid, and as a noun it is beauty itself. It is one of the most common elements in girl names: Puanani is a beautiful flower, Leinani a beautiful lei, Nanihōkū a beautiful star. Nani is also used alone as a given name and as a nickname for longer names.
Say it NAH-nee. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site nani is part of 6 names: 0 begin with it, 5 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning beauty.