Meaning and background
The story behind Keilani
Keilani has a directly documented Hawaiian formation in Behind the Name. The reference gives glorious heaven, combining kei with a range of glorious or dignified senses and lani with heaven, sky, royal, or majesty senses. The proposed name meaning comes from that specific source. An owner can preserve the Hawaiian vocabulary connection without extending the gloss into a prediction that a dog will possess a particular temperament.
- Origin
- Hawaiian name explained as glorious heaven, from kei and lani elements. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Keilani appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
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