Meilani

What Meilani means

Means “heavenly May”

Can be interpreted as Hawaiian Mei + lani "heavenly May".

Source: Wiktionary, “Meilani” (revision 55058215), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Meilani?

US: Rising: up from #946 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 498 girls got the name (#590 that year). First in the US records in 1982.

How common

• About 1 in 3,227 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 84,427 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CT (1.13 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.01 per 1,000 girls), NV (0.87 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Meilani is #590 in the US and #5927 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Meilani were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Milani1,063 US · 31 E&W
• Malani822 US · 4 E&W
• Melany779 US
• Milana336 US · 70 E&W
• Melani234 US · 3 E&W
• Maelani136 US
• Maylani96 US
• Mailani85 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Meilani

Girls

• Ivy#39From the word “ivy”^*
• Adaline#208Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Palmer#232“a pilgrim from the Holy Land”^*
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Maisie#233Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*

For a brother

• Callahan#227Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,804 in 2015, #227 in 2025
• Rhett#188“advice”^*
• Tobias#283“my good is YHWH”^*
• Bodhi#265Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies
• Maverick#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #184 in 2015, #49 in 2025
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Meilani’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.