Nalani
Nalani is a girl name of Hawaiian origin, meaning The heavens; calm skies.
What Nalani means
The heavens; calm skies.
Nalani sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Nalani comes from
Hawaiian names are drawn from the natural world and from ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi's rich vocabulary for sea, sky, and light. Many are poetic descriptions rather than single words.
Nalani is recorded as Hawaiian in origin. Browse other Hawaiian names.
How popular is Nalani?
Nalani sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Nalani
We group Nalani under Sky and the stars and sky — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Nalani
These share Nalani's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Noelani — Heavenly mist.
- Lani — Sky; heaven.
- Sora — Sky.
- Celestia — Of the heavens.
- Aditya — The sun.
- Haneul — Sky; heaven.
- Helios — The sun.
- Sky — The heavens above.
- Kehlani — The sea and sky.
- Leilani — Heavenly flower; royal child.
- Kalani — The heavens; a chief.
- Keanu — The cool mountain breeze.