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[Facts] Who knows something about Hawaiian names?
i'm not sure if anyone has asked about this recently, if they have, I'm sorry I'm asking it again :D
Um, i've seen the name Lokelani a couple of times & I think it's VERY pretty, but I don't know what it means. It's in the database at babycenter.com, but i don't really trust what they say b/c i know that some of the meanings they give there are wrong. I think what they said it means was "heavenly rose", but, again, I don't know if that's true & I don't know any Hawaiian.
I hope someone can help me out!!!TIA! :D
~Lully Lulla~
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Believe it or not babycenter is correct on this one. According to Hawaiian Names, English Names by Eileen Root, Lokelani does indeed mean "heavenly rose". The suffix -lani is very common in Hawaiian names. It originally meant "sky" or "heaven, heavenly" but also had connotations of royalty.
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Is the Rose component a reference to the usual garden variety of rose - thorns, smells pretty, gave its name to medieval wars? Because if so, the name must surely be a modern one ... unless roses are somehow indigenous to Hawaii. Or does it have a more generic meaning, the way "apple" is a generic word for fruit, much used for things like pineapples which really don't resemble an apple at all?
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Yes, it is modern. Loke is the Hawaiian word for rose in the usual sense, and is simply the Hawaiianized version of the English word "rose". R changes to L and S changes to K to match the Hawaiian alphabet.
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Thanks!! :DAlright! Thank you very much! :D~Lully Lulla~
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