Lei
[leɪ]Meaning
Hawaiian for "flowers, lei, child"; also a Chinese name from 磊 or 蕾
Background Story
In Hawaiian, lei means "flowers, lei, child", and it is also a short form of compound names containing the word lei. As a Chinese name it comes from 磊, meaning "pile of stones, open, upright", or 蕾, meaning "bud", though other characters can form it too. In English the word lei denotes a garland of flowers in Hawaii.
Related Names
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Kiele
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Liliya
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Lilliana
Variant of Lillian
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Reconstructed Old High German name for a Germanic goddess, cognate with Old English Ēostre
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