Amal
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning hope or aspiration.
Amal by the numbers
In 2025, 278 babies in England and Wales were named Amal. In the US, 181 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Amal. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Amal
Names that are said the same way as Amal, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean hope
Like Amal, each of these has hope in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Amal
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