Yalani

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Yalani by the numbers

Yalani was given to 10 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 Yalani

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

  • Yalini12 in the US (2017)
  • Yolani7 in the US (2017)
  • Yelani6 in the US (2017)
  • YanniGod is gracious; a form of John27 in the US (2017)
  • Yalenabright; a form of Helen13 in the US (2017)
  • Yaaminight3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Yalani

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