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Hawaiian Girl Names

407 hawaiian girl names with meanings, U.S. popularity, and audio pronunciation on every page.

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Some names sound like weather. Read a few Hawaiian girl names aloud and you will hear why parents everywhere have fallen for them — open vowels, no hard edges, a rhythm that moves like water over stone. The best-known cluster shares the element lani, meaning sky or heaven, and it is easy to see the pull. Leilani joins lei with lani and has become a genuine American favourite, while Kailani and Kalani keep that same airy ending. Alani is the shortest of the family and one of the loveliest. If you choose from this group, do it knowing the language it belongs to and the people who kept it alive.

The other side of this list is quieter and more compact — names that do their work in two syllables and then stop. Kaia has crossed cultures easily and sounds equally at home in Honolulu or Copenhagen. Malia is the Hawaiian form of Mary and gained a whole new generation of admirers in recent decades. Lana is silk-smooth and endlessly wearable, and Leia carries both an island softness and a galaxy of pop-culture affection. For something rarer, Alana and Kehlani both sit slightly off the beaten path while still feeling completely natural on a child.

Every name below opens to its full page — a sourced meaning where the record supports one, its U.S. popularity, and a clear audio pronunciation so you can hear it before you fall for it.

Hawaiian Girl Names — Page 3

LakaFrom the Hawaiian Laka, of layered meaning (variously 'gentle; tame; attracted to'); the Hawaii▶MakoaFrom the Hawaiian makoa, 'fearless, brave, courageous, aggressive.' In Hawaiian naming it is us▶MeilaniiMeilanii is a modern coinage close to Meilani (which uses Hawaiian lani, 'heaven, sky') and Mel▶NamakaFrom the Hawaiian Namaka (Namakaokahai), 'the eyes (of the sea)' (na maka, 'the eyes'); the Haw▶OrlaniA modern coinage in the -lani family (the Hawaiian lani, 'heaven; sky,' is the fashionable endi▶QilaniA modern coinage in the -lani family (from Hawaiian lani, 'heaven; sky'), a Q-spelling of the K▶SehlaniA modern coinage whose -lani ending echoes the Hawaiian lani ('heaven; sky; royal'); as a whole▶

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Frequently Asked

What are popular Hawaiian girl names?

Leilani, Kailani, Malia and Alani are among the most widely used in the United States. Each page here shows the actual birth-record numbers behind that popularity.

How do you pronounce Hawaiian girl names?

Hawaiian vowels are steady and fully sounded — a as in father, e as in they, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule — so nothing goes silent. Because English speakers often flatten them, we include an audio clip on every name page.

What does lani mean in Hawaiian names?

Lani means sky or heaven, and it is the shared element in names such as Leilani, Kalani and Kailani. It is one reason this whole family of names feels so lifted and airy.