Entry № 5196 · Hawaiian origin

Kanani Kanani — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-NAH-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hawaiian
Meaning
"The beauty (Hawaiian)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hawaiian)

A name that means "the beauty (hawaiian)".

Kanani combines the Hawaiian definite article ka and nani (beauty) — "the beauty." A traditional Hawaiian feminine name.

Used widely in Hawaii.

The beauty. The Hawaiian.

The name in its native script.

Kanani
Transliteration
Kanani
Pronunciation
/ kəˈnɑː.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kanani stands.

Kanani 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.

Kananis before her.

Real people
Kanani
Common Hawaiian name.
In fiction
Kanani
Common in Hawaiian fiction.

Names connected to Kanani.

The number behind Kanani.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kanani reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.