Nalani - Meaning of Nalani

What does Nalani mean?

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Nalani

[ 3 syll. na-la-ni, nal-ani ] The baby girl name Nalani is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced Naa-LAA-Niy- †. Nalani's origin is Hawaiian, and its use, English. The meaning of Nalani is 'the heavens'.

Forms of Nalani include the names Nalanea, Nalanee, Nalaneigh, Nalaney, Nalania, Nalanie, Nalany, Nalanya, and Nallely.

See also the related categories, heavens (god) and hawaiian.

Nalani is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 2010s; prior to that, it was of only sporadic use. At the modest height of its usage in 2018, 0.022% of baby girls were named Nalani. It was #700 in rank then. Within all girl names in its family, Nalani was the most widely used in 2018. Nalani has in the last century been primarily given to baby girls.

Baby names that sound like Nalani include Nalini, Neilani, Neilina, Nelani, Nellianne, Nolana, Nehelamyte, Noelani, Nohealanee, Nohealani, Naolin, Nealam, Neelam, Nellwin, Nellwinne, Nellwyn, Nellwynne, Nelwin, Nelwyn, and Newlenn.

† Pronunciation for Nalani: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"