Zaylani is a modern American coinage that blends the fashionable Zay- of Zaylee and Zayla with the Hawaiian-sounding -lani ending of Leilani and Kehlani, where lani means "sky" or "heaven". It has no traditional history, and its charm lies entirely in its sound. Zaylani was virtually unknown in 2015, ranked beyond number 19,000 that year, then rose quickly to number 3,174 in 2024 and number 2,690 in 2025, its best rank yet, with 65 births.