Lani

Lani

1. (chiefly US) A female given name borrowed from Hawaiian.
   • 1940 Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, v.109, July-December 1940, page 106

     Until then he had not thought of following Lani Aldrich to Honolulu. He had been so sure that she would return to him.

2. (rare) A male given name.
   • 2002 Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page XI

     Lani pronounced his name Lonny, and someone told me it had been spelled that way at one time. - - - Lonny is a boy's name. Who knows what Lani is?

• INLA, Ilan, LNAI, Lain, Lian, Lina, Nila, anil, lain, nail

lani (“sky; royalty”). Also a short form of the numerous Hawaiian compound names ending in -lani.

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ni/, [ˈlɐni]

Lani

1. A female given name.
2. (rare) A male given name.

• → English: Lani

• Kalani
• Nālani

• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Lani occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 6 women and 2 men.
• Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names by State: Lani was included in the top hundred first names for girls born in the State of Hawaii in 1961 and 1975.