Leilani

Where Leilani comes from

Borrowed from Hawaiian Leilani.
— Wiktionary's entry for Leilani
  • 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. 1966
    Leilani Sarelle born
    actress from the United States
  3. 1992
    Leilani Leeane born
    American pornographic actress & model
  4. 2022
    Peak, #59
    3,868 babies named Leilani — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hawaiian.
Namesakes
  • Leilani Leeane · American pornographic actress & model, born 1992
  • Leilani Sarelle · actress from the United States, born 1966
  • Leilani Mitchell · Australian basketball player, born 1985
  • Leilani Farha · Canadian lawyer
  • Leilani Bishop · American model, born 1976

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.