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The first name 
Lani

Lani is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.

When two girls called Lani meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Lani is quite rare in the US. While it’s still a name in use, lately, only approximately 5 out of 100,000 girls have been named Lani. In the SmartGenius ranking, Lani is #2,116 on the list of most common girls names. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Lani.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Lani

Lani has 4 letters 
and begins with an L

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter L is a particularly popular initial letter for girls' names – 6.8% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for girls’ names are A and S.

With four letters, the name Lani is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that with 6.8% of all girls' names that begin with an L, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. If you are now wondering which girls' name with L is the most common... the answer is Linda.

Other names with 
L, a, n and i

If you take all the letters in the name Lani – L, a, n and i – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Lain or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Lani

If your name is Lani and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Lani

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Lani, you can simply say:

Lion

Apple

Nut

Igloo

This is how the name Lani is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Lani in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Lani

Lani

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Lani

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Lani is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

L
A
N
I

Have you ever waved the name Lani

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

L
A
N
I

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Lani sounds like this: