Girl · Hawaiian
Leilani
Say it: lay-LAH-nee
Meaning
From Hawaiian lei 'flower garland; child' and lani 'heaven, sky; royal', so 'heavenly garland' or 'royal child'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A Hawaiian name that spread on the US mainland, especially from the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 38,339 babies given this name since 1917
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 559 girls
- 2,860 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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