Laelani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lay-LAH-nee
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Laelani is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “heavenly flowers”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Laelani mean?
Hawaiian: spelling of Leilani
“heavenly flowers”
A spelling of Leilani, from Hawaiian lei 'garland of flowers' and lani 'heaven, sky'.
Is Laelani a girl's or a boy's name?
Laelani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Laelani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Laelani, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Laelani in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,290 girls in the US were given Laelani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #46, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
Laelani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
Nicknames for Laelani
- Lani 25 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Laelani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kailani Kalani Meilani Kehlani Nalani Kaylani Malani Alani Lalani Naylani Nailani Xolani
Other spellings of Laelani
Leilani Leilany Laylani Leylani Lailani Leilanie Leilanni Leylanie Laylanii Leylany Leilahni
Names related to Laelani
More Hawaiian names
Kai Koa Makai Keanu Koah Kailany Kaleo Lani Luana Makoa Nakoa Alakai Kaelani Noelani Ohana Lilo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Laelani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laelani, updated 20 October 2026.