Tehani

A female given name.

Proper noun

  1. A female given name.
    • "Tehani," he announced in my ear, which is to say "the Darling," a name by no means inappropriate, I thought. - 1936 Charles Nordhoff - James Norman Hall, Mutiny on the Bounty.The Bounty Trilogy, Little, Brown and co,...
    • "I am Tehani, chief Tatai's daughter." "Tehani," Teroro interpreted. "The little darling." - 1959, James Michener, Hawaii, Corgi Books, published 1981, →ISBN, page 54:

Origin

Tahitian te (“the”) + hani (“darling”)