Lani is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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Lani Aisida (born 1984), Nigerian filmmaker
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Lani Belcher (born 1989), British canoeist
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Lani Billard (born 1979), Canadian actress and singer
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Lani Brockman (born 1956), American theater actress and director
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Lani Cabrera (born 1993), Barbadian swimmer
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Lani Cayetano (born 1982), Filipino politician and mayor
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Lani Daniels (born 1988), New Zealand Professional female boxer
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Lani Doherty (born 1993), American surfer
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Lani Forbes (1987–2022), American author of young adult novels
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Lani Groves (born 1989), South African musician
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Lani Guinier (1950–2022), American civil rights activist
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Lani Hall (born 1945), American singer, lyricist and author
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Lani Hanchett (1919–1975), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii
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Lani Jackson, New Zealand stuntwoman
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Lani Ka'ahumanu (born 1943), bisexual and feminist writer and activist
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Lani Kai (1936–1999), Hawaiian singer and actor
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Lani Lazzari, American entrepreneur and businessperson
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Lani Maestro (born 1957), Filipino-Canadian artist
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Lani McIntyre (1904–1951), guitar and steel guitar player
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Lani Mercado (born 1968), Filipino actress-politician
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Lani Minella (born 1950), American voice actress
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Lani Misalucha (born 1972), Filipino singer
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Lani O'Grady (1954–2001), American actress and talent agent
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Lani Pallister (born 2002), Australian swimmer
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Lani Renaldo (born 1995), songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and blogger
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Lani Smith (1934–2015), organist and church music composer
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Lani Stemmermann, American botanist
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Lani Stephenson (1948–2021), American parasitologist, nutritionist
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Lani Tupu (born 1955), actor
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Lani Wendt Young (born 1973), Samoan-born writer living in New Zealand
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Lani Wittevrongel, Belgian cyclist
Surname
Lani is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Hriday Lani, script and dialogues writer
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Maria Lani (1895–1954), aspiring film actress and artists' model
Other uses
Lani may also refer to:
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Lani (heaven), the Hawaiian word for 'heaven', also used as a given name
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Lani people of Western Papua
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Western Dani language, also known as Lani or Laani, the language spoken by the Lani people
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Län, administrative division in Sweden and Finland, where it is also known as lääni
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Lani (album), a 1983 studio album by singer Lani Hall
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Lani Price, a fictional character from Days of Our Lives
