Kailani

Kailani: name meaning, origin & popularity

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

Hawaiian-style compound from kai 'sea' and lani 'sky, heaven'. It is a modern Hawaiian given name form built from traditional elements.

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How popular is Kailani?

2024343 per million US babies

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Babies named Kailani in 20241,141

2024 rank#276 girls

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 188011,598

Kailani is rising: use over the last five years is 5.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Kailani

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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

Kailani questions

What does the name Kailani mean?

Kailani means "sea and sky". It comes from Hawaiian. Hawaiian-style compound from kai 'sea' and lani 'sky, heaven'. It is a modern Hawaiian given name form built from traditional elements.

Is Kailani a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Kailani?

1,141 US babies were named Kailani in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Kailani?

Kailani is usually pronounced kye-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.