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
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Grammatical form
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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

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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.