Lani is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Lani Belcher Lani Belcher (born 10 June 1989) is a British Canoe sprint, canoeist who previously represented Australia. She competed in the Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres, women's K-2 500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olymp ...

(born 1989), British canoeist *

Lani Billard Lani Billard (born 20 June 1979) is a Canadian actress, drummer, and singer, she is best known for her role in the 1990s as Elizabeth "Busy" Ramone on the Canadian television series '' Ready or Not'' from 1993 to 1997. Before her 'Ready Or Not' ...

(born 1979), Canadian actress and singer *

Lani Brockman Lani Brockman (born December 11, 1956 in Seattle) is an American theater actress and director. She is the founder and Artistic Director of Studio East. Brockman was born in Seattle and grew up in Hawaii. After working as an actress, and later ...

(born 1956), American theater actress and director * Lani Cabrera (born 1993), Barbadian swimmer * Lani Cayetano (born 1982), Filipino politician and mayor * Lani Daniels (born 1988), New Zealand Professional female boxer * Lani Doherty (born 1993), American surfer *

Lani Groves Lani Groves (born 1980 in Bloemfontein) is a South African musician and actor. She began playing the cello and singing at the age of five years. Groves performs regularly at musical events across the Gauteng region in South Africa. In 2004, Grov ...

(born 1989), South African musician *

Lani Guinier Carol Lani Guinier (; April 19, 1950 – January 7, 2022) was an American educator, legal scholar, and civil rights theorist. She was the Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and the first woman of color appointed to a tenured p ...

(born 1950), American civil rights activist * Lani Hall (born 1945), American singer, lyricist and author *

Lani Hanchett Edwin Lani Hanchett (November 2, 1919 - August 11, 1975) was and American prelate who served as Bishop of Hawaii from 1969 to 1975. Education and early life Hanchett was born in Honolulu on November 2, 1919 to Alsoberry Kaumu Hanchett and Mary Mc ...

(1919–1975), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii *

Lani Jackson Lani Jackson is a New Zealand stuntwoman best known for her work in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy. Filmography * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): Stunt Performer * The Last Samurai (2003): Stunt Performer * The ...

, New Zealand stuntwoman *

Lani Ka'ahumanu Lani is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Lani Belcher (born 1989), British canoeist * Lani Billard (born 1979), Canadian actress and singer * Lani Brockman (born 1956), American theater actress and director * L ...

(born 1943), bisexual and feminist writer and activist *

Lani Kai Lani Kai (born George Clarence Dennis James Von Ruckleman Woodd III; August 15, 1936 – August 29, 1999) was a Hawaiian singer and actor. He had a role in the Elvis Presley film ''Blue Hawaii'' and was a regular cast member of the television seri ...

(1936–1999), Hawaiian singer and actor *

Lani Maestro Lani Maestro (born 1957) is a Filipino-Canadian artist who divides her time between France and Canada. She works in installation, sound, video, bookworks and writing. From 1990-94 Maestro was co-founder/co-publisher and designer of HARBOUR Magazin ...

(born 1957), Filipino-Canadian artist * Lani McIntyre (1904–1951), guitar and steel guitar player *

Lani Mercado Lani Mercado-Revilla (born Jesusa Victoria Garcia Hernandez; April 13, 1968) is a Filipino actress and politician serving as representative of Cavite's 2nd district, which comprises only the city of Bacoor, from 2010 to 2016. Personal life She ...

(born 1968), Filipino actress-politician * Lani Minella (born 1950), American voice actress *

Lani Misalucha Lani Bayot Misalucha (; born Lani Dimalanta Bayot; August 3, 1969) is a Filipino singer who performs pop, rock, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, and operatic arias. Her ability to sing across several genres gave her the title "Asia's Nightingale ...

(born 1972), Filipino singer * Lani O'Grady (1954–2001), American actress and talent agent *

Lani Renaldo Devon Rose is a non-binary American songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and blogger from Los Angeles, CA. Her music has been recommended by ''American Songwriter'', Wonderland, ''The Line of Best Fit'', Billboard, Wild Honey Pie and LADYGUNN. ...

(born 1995), songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and blogger *

Lani Smith Lani Smith (1934 – 2015) was an American organist best known for his church music compositions. He served as an editor, composer, and arranger on the Lorenz Publishing The Lorenz Corporation, previously known as Lorenz Publishing Company, is ...

(1934–2015), organist and church music composer *

Lani Stephenson Lani Sue Stephenson (July 31, 1948 – March 10, 2021) was an American parasitologist and nutritionist, "a pioneer in field-based studies on nutrition–parasite interactions". Early life Stephenson was born in Honolulu, Hawai'i,"Stephenson, ...

(1948–2021), American parasitologist, nutritionist * Lani Tupu (born 1955), actor *

Lani Wendt Young Lani Wendt Young is a Samoan/Maori writer, editor, publisher and journalist. She is the author of 15 books including the bestselling Young Adult series TELESA. Background Wendt Young was born and raised in Apia, Samoa. Her father is Samoan from th ...

(born 1973), Samoan-born writer living in New Zealand

Surname

Lani is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Hriday Lani, script and dialogues writer *

Maria Lani Maria Lani (Maria Jeleniewicz; 24 June 1895 – 1954) was an aspiring film actress and artists' model. In the late 1920s she was portrayed in paintings and sculpture by over fifty artists, including Bonnard, Chagall, Cocteau, Derain, Matisse, ...

(1895–1954), aspiring film actress and artists' model

Other uses

Lani may also refer to: *

Lani (heaven) ''Lani'' in the Hawaiian language means " heaven", and in some cases, "sky." The word is derived from Proto-Polynesian *''raŋi''. ''Lani'' is a relatively common name in the Hawaiian language. Last Queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani, had a name i ...

, the Hawaiian word for 'heaven', also used as a given name *

Lani people The Lani are an indigenous people in Puncak, Central Papua and Lanny Jaya, Highland Papua, usually labelled 'Western Dani' by foreign missionaries, or grouped—inaccurately—with the Dani people who inhabit the Baliem Valley to the east. Po ...

of Western Papua *

Western Dani language Western Dani, or Laani, is the most populous Papuan language in Indonesian New Guinea. It is spoken by the Lani people in the province of Papua A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derive ...

, also known as ''Lani'' or ''Laani'', the language spoken by the Lani people *

Län Län (Swedish, ), lääni (Finnish, ) and len (Norwegian, ) refer to the administrative divisions used in Sweden and previously in Finland and Norway. The provinces of Finland were abolished on January 1, 2010. In Norway, the term was in use betw ...

, administrative division in Sweden and Finland, where it is also known as ''lääni'' * ''Lani'' (album), a 1983 studio album by singer Lani Hall * Lani Price, a fictional character from ''Days of Our Lives'' {{Disambiguation