Baby names that mean hope
22 names with hope in their meaning: 17 for girls, 4 for boys, 1 used for both. Every one comes with its meaning and the official birth figures for England and Wales and the US. 9 of them are still given to 40 or more babies a year.
Girls' names that mean hope
Given to at least 40 babies a year in the US or England and Wales.
- Hopeexpectation; desire for good things276 a year · England and Wales, 2025
- Nadiahope; from nadezhda777 a year · the US, 2017
- Amalhope or aspiration278 a year · England and Wales, 2025
- Esperanzahope270 a year · the US, 2017
- Ashahope, desire, wish212 a year · the US, 2017
- Nadinehope; from the Russian Nadezhda177 a year · the US, 2017
- Nadyahope; a form of Nadezhda49 a year · the US, 2017
- Aashvihopeful, wishing, or aspirational17 a year · England and Wales, 2025
9 rarer names that mean hope
Fewer than 40 babies a year in either country, which often means a name in wide use somewhere the records do not reach.
Boys' names that mean hope
Given to at least 40 babies a year in the US or England and Wales.
- Armaanhopeful or aspirational57 a year · England and Wales, 2025
Unisex names that mean hope
Our popularity figures come from US and England and Wales birth records, so a name common elsewhere shows as rare here.
- Amelhope
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