Lei - Meaning of Lei

What does Lei mean?

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Lei

[ 1 syll. lei, le-i ] The baby girl name Lei is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced Liy- †. Lei's language of origin is Hawaiian. It is predominantly used in Chinese and Hawaiian. The meaning of Lei is 'a garland of flowers'.

Lei is a shortening of the English Leilani.

A form of Lei is the Chinese and Hawaiian shortening Lei.

See also the related categories, hawaiian, flowers, and chinese.

Lei is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2018, out of the family of girl names directly related to Lei, Leilani was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Lei include Lee, Leigh, Li, Llee, Ly, Lyss, La, Lai, Laylle, Leli, Lelie, Lieu, Lil, Lile, Lilí, Lo, Loo, Lou, Loulou, and Low.

† English pronunciation for Lei: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"