Given name
Leinani
“wreath; child”·“beauty”
Leinani is a feminine given name from Hawaiian. It is used in Hawaiian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leinani is built from elements meaning “wreath; child” and “beauty”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leinani through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 139
- 0 boys · 139 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −55%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 191 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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