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Kahlani

Kahlani: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“the heavens”
Origin
Hawaiian
Say it
kah-LAH-nee · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Kahlani is usually treated as a variant of Kehlani or Kailani, using Hawaiian elements associated with sky or heavens. This exact spelling is modern, and usage outside Hawaii is often stylistic.

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How popular is Kahlani?

202496.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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.

Babies named Kahlani in 2024320

2024 rank#843 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,908

Kahlani is rising: use over the last five years is 59.4× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Kahlani

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Kehlanisea and sky · Hawaiian
  • Keylanimodern variant of Kehlani · American (modern coinage)
  • Leilaniheavenly garland of flowers · Hawaiian
  • Alaniorange tree · Hawaiian
  • Kailanisea and sky · Hawaiian
  • MaliaMary · Hawaiian
  • Kalanithe heavens · Hawaiian
  • Ailanihigh chief · Hawaiian

Kahlani questions

What does the name Kahlani mean?

Kahlani means "the heavens". It comes from Hawaiian. Kahlani is usually treated as a variant of Kehlani or Kailani, using Hawaiian elements associated with sky or heavens. This exact spelling is modern, and usage outside Hawaii is often stylistic.

Is Kahlani a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Kahlani?

320 US babies were named Kahlani in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Kahlani?

Kahlani is usually pronounced kah-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.