Aalani

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Aalani by the numbers

Aalani was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Aalani

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aalani. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ailanichief or high chief277 in the US (2017)
  • Aulaniroyal messenger81 in the US (2017)
  • Ahlanifrom the ocean or heavenly52 in the US (2017)
  • Aolanicloud from heaven23 in the US (2017)
  • Aamaniwishes or aspirations13 in the US (2017)
  • Alani713 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Aalani

Names that are said the same way as Aalani, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Ailanychieftess; a recent coinage52 in the US (2017)
  • Alannifair, beautiful; a form of Alana48 in the US (2017)
  • Alonimy oak tree36 in the US (2017)
  • Alanienoble; a form of Alana28 in the US (2017)
  • Aylani68 in the US (2017)
  • Alany43 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Aalani

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