Re: First name OKALANI
A little research on the same site reveals that O means "of" and KA is the definite article "the." As in any language, the use of articles is idiomatic--we don't say "the heaven" in English, but this is usual in Hawaiian. So O KA LANI would apparently mean "of (the) heaven."

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First name OKALANI  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  8/25/2010, 8:38 AM
Re: First name OKALANI  ·  BellamynSora  ·  8/25/2010, 9:19 AM
Re: First name OKALANI  ·  ClaudiaS  ·  8/25/2010, 12:44 PM
Re: First name OKALANI  ·  BellamynSora  ·  8/25/2010, 2:31 PM
Thanks to both of you!  ·  Andy :—)  ·  8/25/2010, 3:04 PM