Entry № 10887 · Hawaiian origin

Ulani Ulani — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ oo-LAH-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hawaiian
Meaning
"Cheerful"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern (Hawaiian)

A name that means "cheerful".

Ulani is the Hawaiian word for "cheerful" or "lighthearted" — from 'ulani.

Ulani is widely used in Hawaii.

Cheerful. The Hawaiian lighthearted.

The name in its native script.

Ulani
Transliteration
Ulani
Pronunciation
/ uːˈlɑː.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ulani stands.

Ulani does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Ulanis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ulani
Common in Hawaiian fiction.

Names connected to Ulani.

The number behind Ulani.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ulani reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.