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    Kalani

    kah-LAH-nee

    Hawaiian
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    The heavens; Royal one
    Origin
    Hawaiian
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Kalani does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "The heavens; Royal one", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Kalani.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Kalani stretches as the heavens — declaring glory, showing handiwork, the royal sky that speaks of the Creator day after day.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Psalm 19:1

      "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork."

    • Isaiah 40:22

      "It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain."

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