Entry № 5119 · Hawaiian origin

Kaiulani Kaiulani — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-ee-oo-LAH-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hawaiian
Meaning
"Royal sacred one (last Crown Princess of Hawaii)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern (Hawaiian)

A name that means "royal sacred one (last crown princess of hawaii)".

Kaʻiulani (Hawaiian ka iʻu lani, "the highest royal one") — born Victoria Kaʻiulani Kalaninuiahilapalapa Kawēkiu i Lunalilo Cleghorn — was the last Crown Princess of the Kingdom of Hawaii (1875-1899). Heir apparent at age 16 when her aunt Queen Liliʻuokalani was overthrown by American sugar planters in 1893. Traveled to Washington at 17 to plead Hawaii's case directly to President Grover Cleveland, winning his temporary opposition to annexation. Died at age 23 in 1899, six months after annexation became inevitable — many Hawaiians believed of a broken heart. A graceful and tragic figure who symbolized the lost Hawaiian nation.

Subject of Marc Forby's Princess Kaʻiulani (2009 film).

Highest royal one. Last Crown Princess of Hawaii; died at twenty-three after the American annexation.

The name in its native script.

Kaʻiulani
Transliteration
Kaʻiulani
Pronunciation
/ ˌkaɪ.uːˈlɑː.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kaiulani stands.

Kaiulani 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.

Kaiulanis before her.

Real people
Princess Kaʻiulani
Last Crown Princess of Hawaii.
1875 – 1899
In fiction
Kaʻiulani
Princess Kaʻiulani.
2009 film

Names connected to Kaiulani.

The number behind Kaiulani.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kaiulani reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.