November 3rd: Palani

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published November 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM HST

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.

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