English

Proper noun

Lani

1. (chiefly US) A female given name borrowed from Hawaiian.
2. (rare) A male given name
   • 1940 Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, v.109, July-December 1940, page 106

     Until then he had not thought of following Lani Aldrich to Honolulu. He had been so sure that she would return to him.

   • 2002 Carol Plum-Ucci, What Happened to Lani Garver, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 0152168133, page XI

     Lani pronounced his name Lonny, and someone told me it had been spelled that way at one time. - - - Lonny is a boy's name. Who knows what Lani is?

Anagrams

• anil
• INLA
• lain
• Lina
• nail

Hawaiian

Etymology

lani ‎(“sky; royalty”). Also a short form of the numerous Hawaiian compound names ending in -lani.

Proper noun

Lani

1. A female given name.
2. A male given name; rare today.

Related terms

• Kalani
• Nālani

References

• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Lani occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 6 women and 2 men.
• Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names by State: Lani was included in the top hundred first names for girls born in the State of Hawaii in 1961 and 1975.

Hawaiian

Noun

lani

1. sky
2. majesty

Verb

lani

1. (stative) to be heavenly, royal

Ido

Noun

lani

1. plural of lano

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *olni, from Proto-Indo-European *ol-ney, from *h₂el- ‎(“beyond, other”). Cognate with Slovene láni, Czech loni, vloni, Slovak vlani, Russian лони ‎(loní), and Latin ōlim ‎(“once”).

Adverb

lȃni ‎(Cyrillic spelling ла̑ни)

1. last year

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *olni, from Proto-Indo-European *ol-ney, from *h₂el- ‎(“beyond, other”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian lȃni, Czech loni, vloni, Russian лони ‎(loní), and Latin ōlim ‎(“once”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlàːni/
• Tonal orthography: láni

Adverb

láni

1. last year