Entry № 7178 · Hawaiian origin

Nani Nani — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NAH-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hawaiian
Meaning
"Beautiful"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hawaiian)

A name that means "beautiful".

Nani is Hawaiian for "beautiful" or "splendid."

Nani Pelekai is Lilo's older sister and protector in Lilo & Stitch (2002).

Beautiful. Lilo's older sister.

The name in its native script.

Nani
Transliteration
Nani
Pronunciation
/ ˈnɑː.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nani stands.

Nani 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.

Nanis before her.

Real people
Nani
Common Hawaiian name.
In fiction
Nani Pelekai
Lilo's older sister in Lilo & Stitch.
Disney, 2002

Names connected to Nani.

The number behind Nani.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nani reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.