What does Emalani mean?
Emalani is a Hawaiian girl name that means royal Emma. The name comes from Ema (Emma) + lani (royal). It is pronounced eh-mah-LAH-nee, with 4 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Queen Emma of Hawaiʻi was known as Emalani.
Emalani belongs with other Hawaiian names about royalty.
How to pronounce Emalani
Say every vowel. A as in “father”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, o as in “go”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Emalani a boy or girl name?
Emalani is used mainly as a girl's name. Like most Hawaiian names it has no grammatical gender, so it can be given to any child, but modern usage leans feminine.