as a First Name
Pronounced ‘lah-nee’: modern coinage from the Polynesian word meaning ‘sky, heaven’, which is commonly used in Hawaii in compound names such as Leilani ‘flower of heaven’.
| 2,257th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,192
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Lani per capita
- 2005
- marked the height of its popularity
100%
0%
20%
55+
55+
41%
30-54
30-54
12%
13-29
13-29
26%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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