Given name

Kanoelani

“the”·“mist”·“sky”

Kanoelani is a feminine given name from Hawaiian. It is used in Hawaiian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kanoelani is built from elements meaning “the” and “mist” and “sky”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Kanoelani comes from Hawaiian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Kanoelani through the years

Babies since 1880
79
0 boys · 79 girls
Most popular year
2005
10 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Kanoelani in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1979–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 127 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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