Alani (given name)
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Alani is a name with multiple, unrelated origins from different cultures. It is a Hawaiian name meaning orange. It might be considered a modern English variant of the names Alan or Alanna.[1] [2] The popularity of the name coincides with the popularity of other names of Hawaiian origin such as Leilani or modern, created names using the fashionable suffix -lani, which means sky or heaven in Hawaiian.[3] Alani or Àlàní is also a Yoruba masculine name in use in Nigeria. One source gives its meaning as peaceful.[4] One source states it means “one we survived to have.”[5]