Kaimani is a modern Hawaiian-style name that is usually read as a form of Kaimana, built from kai, "sea", and mana, "power", and so glossed as "power of the sea"; Kaimana is also the Hawaiian word for diamond. The -ani ending links it to the popular Leilani and Kehlani. Kaimani was almost unknown in US birth records until it leaped from number 6518 in 2024 to number 2206 in 2025, with 84 girls given the name.