Khelani is a spelling of Kehlani, a modern American name modeled on Hawaiian names that end in lani, "heaven" or "sky". The singer Kehlani, who released her first mixtape in 2014, put the name on the map, and Khelani followed as one of several variant spellings. Khelani first appears in the US data in 2016, peaked at number 1736 in 2021 and ranks number 2311 in 2025.