While you most often hear Palani as the Hawaiian transliteration of the name Frank or Frances, it also means France or French. We don't have a lot of Palani in Hawaiʻi, but there are many in Tahiti.
Hawaiian Word of the Day: November 3rd
![While you most often hear Palani as the Hawaiian transliteration of the name Frank or Frances, it also means France or French.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/758e278/2147483647/strip/true/crop/901x751+0+0/resize/880x733!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd6%2Fb8%2F6d101207485abf2ee2e18b79e26d%2Fnovember-03.png)
While you most often hear Palani as the Hawaiian transliteration of the name Frank or Frances, it also means France or French. We don't have a lot of Palani in Hawaiʻi, but there are many in Tahiti.