Klani
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Klani by the numbers
Klani was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Klani
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 Klani. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kalanithe heavens or sky622 in the US (2017)
- Kelanithe sky; heavenly100 in the US (2017)
- Kaniear; in hindu tradition associated with hearing5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Keanithe ocean, seawater7 in the US (2017)
- Khanimy wealth, my treasure; possessive form of khana7 in the US (2017)
- Kulaniheavenly; a form of Kulani7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Klani
Names that are said the same way as Klani, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Khlani8 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Klani
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