Kaelani
A girls’ name of Hawaiian origin, meaning the sea and sky.
Kaelani by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Kaelani. In the US, 59 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 61 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kaelani. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kaelani
Names that are said the same way as Kaelani, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the sea
Like Kaelani, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the sky or heaven
Like Kaelani, each of these has the sky or heaven in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Kaelani
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