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A Hawaiian name is a name in the Hawaiian language. Such names are popular not only in Hawaiian families, but also among other residents of Hawaii , and even in the United States mainland among both non-native and native Hawaiians .
Hawaiian vocabulary often overlaps with other Polynesian languages, such as Tahitian, so it is not always clear which of those languages a term is borrowed from. The Hawaiian orthography is notably different from the English orthography because there is a special letter in the Hawaiian alphabet, the ʻokina.
It is a Hawaiian name meaning orange. It might be considered a modern English variant of the names Alan or Alanna. [1] [2] The popularity of the name coincides with the popularity of other names of Hawaiian origin such as Leilani or modern, created names using the fashionable suffix -lani, which means sky or heaven in Hawaiian. [3]
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.
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The name is rising in popularity in the United States, where it has ranked among the top 1,000 names for newborn girls since 2013 and among the top 300 names since 2020. [2] [3] Modern Anglicized, phonetic spelling variants such as Kaylani and Kehlani are also well-used in the United States.
It has been among the 500 most popular names for newborn American girls since 2001 and was the 59th most popular name for girls in the United States in 2022. Phonetic, created spelling variants of the name are also in regular use. [3] [4] Leilani was among the five most popular names for Black newborn girls in the American state of Virginia in ...
It is also a Hawaiian form of the name Diana [2] or a variant spelling of Qiana, which was the name of a type of fabric that was in use as a given name. Quiana and Quianna are variants. [3] It is also considered a feminine form of Kian, an English form of the Irish name Cian. As a Persian name, the name is said to mean elements of nature. [4] [5]