Nolani

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Nolani by the numbers

Nolani was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Nolani

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

  • Nalanicalm skies, heavens335 in the US (2017)
  • Noelanibeautiful christmas or heavenly110 in the US (2017)
  • Nilanisapphire; blue gemstone5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Nylani11 in the US (2017)
  • Neilaniheavenly, of the heavens20 in the US (2017)
  • Noamipleasantness; variant of naomi5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nolani

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