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    Noelani

    no-eh-LAH-nee

    Hawaiian
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Heavenly mist; Beautiful one from heaven
    Origin
    Hawaiian
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Noelani does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Heavenly mist; Beautiful one from heaven", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Noelani.
    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
    Noelani comes from the Father of lights — good gift, perfect gift, no shadow of turning, the heavenly mist that declares God's unchanging glory.
    Verses on this meaning
    • James 1:17

      "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."

    • Psalm 19:1

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

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