English
Lani
Lani comes from Hawaiian Lani.
- HawaiianmodernLani
- Englishearliest quotation 1940same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- HawaiianmodernLani
- Englishearliest quotation 1940same form
Earliest quotation: 1940, Hearst's International combined with Cos, July-December 1940: “Until then he had not thought of following Lani…”
Every English word from Hawaiian Lani
Today it means
name A female given name from Hawaiian.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hawaiian Lani / Lani