Leilani: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “heavenly garland of flowers”
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- Say it
- lay-LAH-nee · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
Hawaiian name from lei 'garland, wreath, flower necklace' and lani 'heaven, sky, royal, majestic'. It is one of the best-known Hawaiian given names.
How popular is Leilani?
Babies named Leilani in 20243,354
2024 rank#66 girls
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 188052,665
Leilani is rising: use over the last five years is 2.7× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Leilani
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Leilani questions
What does the name Leilani mean?
Leilani means "heavenly garland of flowers". It comes from Hawaiian. Hawaiian name from lei 'garland, wreath, flower necklace' and lani 'heaven, sky, royal, majestic'. It is one of the best-known Hawaiian given names.
Is Leilani a boy or girl name?
Leilani is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Leilani?
3,354 US babies were named Leilani in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Leilani?
Leilani is usually pronounced lay-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.