Lani

Where Lani comes from

Borrowed from Hawaiian Lani.
— Wiktionary's entry for Lani
  • Hawaiian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1917
    First appearance
    #4,594 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1947
    Peak, #875
    101 babies named Lani — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1969
    Lani Misalucha born
    Filipino singer
  4. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,714.
  5. 2002
    Lani Pallister born
    Australian swimmer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hawaiian.
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Lani Pallister · Australian swimmer, born 2002
  • Lani Misalucha · Filipino singer, born 1969
  • Lani Guinier · American activist, lawyer and academic, 1950–2022
  • Lani Wittevrongel · Belgian cyclist, born 2004
  • Lani Minella · American voice actress, born 1959

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.