Given name & surname

Telani

Telani is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Telani isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2021. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Telani through the years

Babies since 1880
40
0 boys · 40 girls
Most popular year
2022
12 babies
2025
9
#10,835 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
024682025Highest share 20235.6
Telani in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2021–2025, 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

In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,835 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

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

Similar names

If you love Telani, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Marlani

17Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Elleny

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Simani

15Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Yahlani

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Tahitian · Modern

Tehani

“the”

23RareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Zymani

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Telani’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Telani

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