Elani

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Elani is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil1 in 117K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 318K
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 120K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

1,809 people, 2022

Sources
120 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 117K (inferred from the name graph)

Brazil

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Elani counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Elani is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil1,8091 in 117K2.7KElani51
US United States1,0471 in 318K1KElani120
ZA South Africa≈470 est.≈1 in 120K—Elani23
PH Philippines≈130 est.≈1 in 821K—Elani8
MY Malaysia≈84 est.≈1 in 391K—Elani8
PA Panama≈7 est.≈1 in 539K—Elani2

1,809 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Elani is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Morocco, United States

    Also written El-Ani

  • Hebrew given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Israel, India, South Africa

    Also written אלאני

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Elani
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—56#96,827

Reference works 1

  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Elani a male or female name?
Elani is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Elani have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Elani, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled elani.
Where is Elani most common?
Elani is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 117 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Elani?
In Brazil, the national register counted 1,809 people named Elani in 2022, about 1 in 117 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Elani”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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