Cailani

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cailani by the numbers

Cailani was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Cailani

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 Cailani. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Calani21 in the US (2017)
  • Cahlani9 in the US (2017)
  • Cailan7 in the US (2017)
  • Caylani7 in the US (2017)
  • Cailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Caitlyn87 in the US (2017)
  • Cailynnpure; a modern respelling of Caitlyn or Caitlin40 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cailani

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

  • Kalanithe heavens or sky622 in the US (2017)
  • Kailanisea and sky479 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylanisea and sky434 in the US (2017)
  • Kahlanithe heavens or sky; a form of Kalani103 in the US (2017)
  • Kailaniethe sea; elaborated form of Kaila10 in the US (2017)
  • Khalani163 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cailani

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