Nailani

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nailani by the numbers

Nailani was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Nailani

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

  • Nalanicalm skies, heavens335 in the US (2017)
  • Neilaniheavenly, of the heavens20 in the US (2017)
  • Nilanisapphire; blue gemstone5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Naylani50 in the US (2017)
  • Naelani15 in the US (2017)
  • Nahlani8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Nailani

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

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