Kaelani

Kaelani: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “sea and sky”
Origin: Hawaiian
Say it: ky-LAH-nee · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

Kaelani is generally analyzed from Hawaiian elements kai and lani. It is a relatively modern Hawaiian-style given name.

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How popular is Kaelani?

202434.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Kaelani in 2024113

2024 rank#1,779 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18801,205

Kaelani is rising: use over the last five years is 4.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Kaelani

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Leilaniheavenly garland of flowers · Hawaiian
Kehlanisea and sky · Hawaiian
Alaniorange tree · Hawaiian
Kailanisea and sky · Hawaiian
MaliaMary · Hawaiian
Kalanithe heavens · Hawaiian
Ailanihigh chief · Hawaiian
Malaniheavenly mist · Hawaiian

Kaelani questions

What does the name Kaelani mean?

Kaelani means "sea and sky". It comes from Hawaiian. Kaelani is generally analyzed from Hawaiian elements kai and lani. It is a relatively modern Hawaiian-style given name.

Is Kaelani a boy or girl name?

Kaelani is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kaelani?

113 US babies were named Kaelani in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Kaelani?

Kaelani is usually pronounced ky-LAH-nee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.