Kaelani

Where Kaelani comes from

From Hawaiian kaʻe (“edge”) + lani (“sky”), or a modern variant of Kailani.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kaelani
  • Hawaiian
  • Vowel-ended
Kaelani through the years
  1. 1988
    First appearance
    #11,798 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2023
    Peak, #1,586
    132 babies named Kaelani, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hawaiian.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.