Lani
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Lani
- (chiefly US) A female given name 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.
- (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?
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
Lani pl (plural only)
- An indigenous people of Puncak, Central Papua and Lanny Jaya, Highland Papua.
Anagrams edit
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
lani (“sky; royalty”). Also a short form of the numerous Hawaiian compound names ending in -lani.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Lani
- a female given name from Hawaiian
- (rare) a male given name from Hawaiian
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: Lani
References edit
- 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.