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Leilani is a Hawaiian given name meaning "heavenly garland of flowers" or "royal child". The Hawaiian word lei refers to flowers and lani to the sky or heavens, with an association to royalty. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Leilani is a popular Hawaiian name, meaning "heavenly garland of flowers" (not "heavenly flower"). It also has a figurative meaning: Small Hawaiian children were carried on their parents' shoulders like a lei (garland), so the name took on the meaning "heavenly child." [citation needed]
These are the best baby girl names with meanings from history, the Bible, royalty, and more. ... Leilani: Meaning "heavenly lei or royal child of heaven," this name stems from Hawaii.
Genuine Hawaiian names are unisex. [citation needed] Their literal meaning is usually quite clear, but there may be hidden symbolic meanings known only to the family.Old Hawaiians saw a name as the property of the name-holder, with a power to help or hurt its owner.
The same sentiment goes for Leilani Kupahu-Marino Kaho‘ano, an Oahu-based nurse and kumu hula (hula teacher) who has been making leis for over 50 years since she was a young child.
Considering a Hawaiian baby name? Here are the top 55 Hawaiian baby names, including Kai and Koa for baby boys, and Leilani and Kaia for baby girls.
Kaʻiulani as a little girl, c. 1881 Kaʻiulani was the only child of Princess Miriam Likelike and Scottish businessman Archibald Scott Cleghorn.She was born in a downstairs bedroom of her parents' Emma Street mansion in Honolulu, on October 16, 1875, during the reign of her uncle King Kalākaua.
As examples, she points to Leilani, Kehlani, Milani and Aylani. Wattenberg compares names that end in “Lani” to names ending with “Lynn” or “Leigh.”