What does Laniakea mean?
Laniakea is a Hawaiian unisex name that means immeasurable heaven, wide sky. The name comes from lani (heaven) + ākea (wide). It is pronounced lah-nee-AH-keh-ah, with 5 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.
Also the name of the supercluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way.
Laniakea belongs with other Hawaiian names about sky and heaven.
How to pronounce Laniakea
Say every vowel. A as in “father”, e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, o as in “go”, u as “oo”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.
Is Laniakea a boy or girl name?
Laniakea is a unisex Hawaiian name. In Hawaiian tradition most names were given without regard to gender, and Laniakea is still used for both boys and girls.