Amel
A unisex name of Arabic origin, meaning hope.
Amel by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Amel. In the US, 25 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Amel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Amel
Names that are said the same way as Amel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean hope
Like Amel, each of these has hope in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Hopeexpectation; desire for good things276 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nadiahope; from nadezhda777 in the US (2017)
- Esperanzahope270 in the US (2017)
- Ashahope, desire, wish212 in the US (2017)
- Nadinehope; from the Russian Nadezhda177 in the US (2017)
- Armaanhopeful or aspirational57 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Amel
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