Keilani
Meaning of Keilani
Keilani drifts onto the tongue like a soft sea-breeze over Waikiki, yet in her heart she carries the cinematic flair of an evening passeggiata along the Amalfi coast, for the name—woven from the Hawaiian words “kei,” an adornment or garland, and “lani,” the boundless heavens—paints the image of a sky crowned in flower-petaled light; she has climbed the American popularity charts serenely, hovering around the 500th rung in recent years, neither too rare to puzzle grandparents nor too common to blend like plain gelato among brighter flavors; and while islanders hear in her syllables the hush of palms and the promise of dawn, Italians at first greeting might roll the final “ni” as they would a tender “bambini,” offering an easy smile, for Keilani seems to invite everyone—whether strolling beneath hibiscus-scented trade winds or beneath a Tuscan sunset—to look up, breathe deeply, and remember that every child arrives like a fresh lei of heaven laid gently upon the earth.
Pronunciation
Hawaiian
- Pronunced as kay-LAH-nee (/keɪˈlɑni/)
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Notable People Named Keilani
| Keilani Ricketts is an American professional softball player who pitched Oklahoma to the 2013 national championship and is one of only three NCAA players with 100 wins, 1,000 strikeouts, and 50 home runs. |
