girl's name
Aylani
eye-LAH-nee
- Origin Modern coinage
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 2,846
the United States
#293
2025 births
Aylani is a girl's name of disputed origin. Sources variously read it as a form of the Hawaiian Ailani, meaning "high chief," as a relative of the Turkish Aylin, meaning "of the moon," and as a variant of Alani, meaning "orange tree." None of these is established.
- Aylani is a name of Modern coinage origin.
- Peaked in 2025, when 1,043 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 3,179 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 2003.
Aylani over time
Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 73 |
| 2010s | 419 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,339 |
What Aylani means
Aylani has no agreed meaning. The three readings in circulation — high chief, of the moon, orange tree — descend from three different languages and cannot all be correct. Each rests on the name resembling an older name rather than on any documented derivation.
Where Aylani comes from
Aylani belongs to the cluster of recent coinages built around the Hawaiian element lani, sky or heaven, alongside Ailani, Ailany, Kailani and Kehlani. The competing derivations pull in different directions: the Hawaiian reading takes it as a form of Ailani, from ali'i and lani; the Turkish reading connects it to Aylin, from ay, moon, a genuine and well-attested Turkish name; the third treats it as a variant of Alani, the Hawaiian word for orange tree. Because the name appears in United States birth records only from 2003, there is no earlier evidence to settle the question, and reference sites accordingly disagree.
Aylani in use
Aylani sits between two real traditions — Hawaiian lani names and the Turkish Aylin — and sources cannot agree which it belongs to.
How popular is Aylani?
In 2025, Aylani was given to 1,043 babies in the United States, ranking #293 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Aylani is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Aylani
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Aylani also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Aylani over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
2 nicknames for Aylani
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Aylani in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Turkish
- Aylin
Sibling names for Aylani
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Aylani — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Aylani
What does the name Aylani mean?
There is no agreed meaning. Sources give "high chief" (Hawaiian), "of the moon" (Turkish), and "orange tree" (Hawaiian Alani).
Why do sources disagree about Aylani?
It first appears in US records in 2003, so there is no earlier evidence to settle which older name it derives from.
Is Aylani related to Aylin?
Some sources treat it as a form of the Turkish Aylin, meaning of the moon, though others read it as Hawaiian instead.
How popular is the name Aylani?
In 2025, Aylani was given to 1,043 babies in the United States, ranking #293 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Aylani a girl's or a boy's name?
Aylani is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Aylani most popular?
Aylani peaked in 2025, when 1,043 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Aylani?
Aylani is usually shortened to Lani and Ayla.
Is Aylani a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Aylani currently ranks #293 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.