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

Given name

Lani Aisida Lani Aisida (born November 17, 1984) is a Nigerian screenwriter and producer. Among the shows and films he's written for are Oga! Pastor, Skinny Girl in Transit, and Just Not Married, with the last earning him a nomination for a Best of Nollywood ...

(born 1984), Nigerian filmmaker * Lani Belcher (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 (born 1956), American theater actress and director * Lani Cabrera (born 1993), Barbadian swimmer *

Lani Cayetano Maria Laarni "Lani" Lopez Cayetano (born Maria Laarni Clariño Lopez; December 11, 1981) is a Filipina politician who is the current Mayor of Taguig from 2010 to 2019 and again since 2022. She previously served as the Representative of the 1st ...

(born 1982), Filipino politician and mayor * Lani Daniels (born 1988), New Zealand Professional female boxer * Lani Doherty (born 1993), American surfer * Lani Forbes (1987–2022), American author of young adult novels * Lani Groves (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 ...

(1950–2022), American civil rights activist *

Lani Hall Lani Hall (born November 6, 1945) is an American singer. From 1966 to 1971, she performed as lead vocalist for Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66. In 1972, Hall released her first solo album, ''Sun Down Lady''. She may be be ...

(born 1945), American singer, lyricist and author *

Lani Hanchett Edwin Lani Hanchett (November 2, 1919 - August 11, 1975) was an 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, New Zealand stuntwoman * Lani Ka'ahumanu (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 Lazzari Lani Lazzari is an American entrepreneur and businessperson, who is best known for founding the cosmetics company Simple Sugars, which she did when she was 11 years of age. Early life Lani Lazzari was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Gina ...

, American entrepreneur and businessperson *

Lani Maestro Lani Maestro (born 1957) is a Filipino Canadians, Filipino-Canadian artist who divides her time between France and Canada. She works in installation, sound, video, bookworks and writing. Her works deal with investigations of memory, forgetting, la ...

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

Lani Mercado Lani Mercado-Revilla (; born Jesusa Victoria Garcia Hernandez-Bautista; 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. Pers ...

(born 1968), Filipino actress-politician *

Lani Minella Lani Jean Minella (born July 28, 1950) is an American voice actress, voice director, and producer mostly working in the games industry. She is also the founder and owner of the voice-acting agency AudioGodz. Career After college, Minella started ...

(born 1950), American voice actress *

Lani Misalucha Lani Bayot Misalucha (; born Lani Dimalanta Bayot (born August 3, 1969) is a Filipino singer. Known for her vocal range, powerful, emotive vocals and ability to sing opera arias, she has been referred to as " Asia's Nightingale". Her music h ...

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

Lani Pallister Lani Pallister (born 6 June 2002) is an Australian competitive swimmer. She is a world record holder in two sports, with a world record in swimming, the short course 4×200-metre freestyle relay, and world records in life saving for the youth ...

(born 2002), Australian swimmer * Lani Renaldo (born 1995), songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and blogger *

Lani Smith Lani Smith (1934 – 2015) was an American organist best known for his church music Church music is a genre of Christian music written for performance in church, or any musical setting of ecclesiastical liturgy, or music set to words express ...

(1934–2015), organist and church music composer * Lani Stemmermann, American botanist * Lani Stephenson (1948–2021), American parasitologist, nutritionist *

Lani Tupu Lani Tupu (born 4 November 1955), billed variously as Larney Tupu, John Tupu and Lani John Tupu, is a New Zealand actor. Also known as Lani Tupu Jr. Biography Tupu was born in 1955 to an English mother and a Samoan father. Tupu was named after ...

(born 1955), actor * Lani Wendt Young (born 1973), Samoan-born writer living in New Zealand *

Lani Wittevrongel Lani Wittevrongel (born 12 July 2004) is a Belgian professional track and road cyclist. Most notably, she won a silver medal at the age of 19 in Women's Scratch at the 2024 UEC European Track Championships in Apeldoorn,The Netherlands having wo ...

, Belgian cyclist

Surname

Lani is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Hriday Lani Hriday Lani was a noted Indian script and dialogues writer. He is the winner of Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue for the 1999 film '' Sarfarosh'' along with Pathik Vats. Career Lani has written script and dialogues for various Hindi films. ...

, script and dialogues writer * Maria Lani (1895–1954), aspiring film actress and artists' model

Other uses

Lani may also refer to: * Lani (heaven), the Hawaiian word for 'heaven', also used as a given name *

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

of Western Papua *

Western Dani language Western Dani, or Lani, is a Nuclear-Trans-New Guinea language. It is the Papuan language with the most speakers in Indonesian New Guinea. It is spoken by the Lani people in the province of Highland Papua. The Baliem Valley tribes are calle ...

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

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

, 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 Lani Price is a fictional character on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'', played by Sal Stowers. On September 25, 2015, Lani was introduced by co-head writers Josh Griffith and Dena Higley as a rookie police officer, who is revealed to be th ...

, a fictional character from ''Days of Our Lives'' {{Disambiguation