Hy
A boys’ name of Vietnamese origin, meaning hope.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Hy by the numbers
Hy was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 1915, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean hope
Like Hy, each of these has hope in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.