Lani (first name)

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Lani is a feminine given name.

Origin and meaning

The name comes from the Hawaiian word lani and means 'heaven' or 'heavenly'.

Well-known namesake

  • Lani Hall (* 1945), American singer
  • Lani Guinier (* 1950), American lawyer, university professor and civil rights activist
  • Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor (* 1996), New Zealand musician, see Lorde

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b origin, meaning etc.
  2. ↑ lani in Hawaiian Dictionaries