anyone knows what the name Shylani(sp?) means?

[pulpp]

its supposed to be a Hawaiian name i think, was wondering if it has any meaning ?

thanks...

 

[chiwawa626]

shalini is an indian name

 

[b0mbrman]

What is the ethnicity of the person who has this name?

 

[urameatball]

it sounds indian.

 

[pulpp]

i dont think its indian, she is the daughter of someone i know, her mom is white, from northeren California, i asked her once and she told me that the name is Hawaiian.

 

[syzygy]

i'm not sure if its hawaiian, but if its indian then a clue to its meaning may lie
in the fact that the large group of indian dialects belong to the superfamily of indo-
european languages.

shylani may be a derivative of shayla (or shalini). if so, then shayla is derived from
sheila, an anglicized form of síle, which in turn arises from cecilia. cecilia is the
'feminine form of the roman family name caecilius which was derived from latin
caecus "blind". according to legend, saint cecilia was a 3rd-century martyr who was
sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to
suffocate her failed, she had her head chopped off. She is the patron saint of music
and musicians.'