Mashal
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.
Mashal by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Mashal. In the US, 6 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 American peak was 12 babies in 1995, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Mashal
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mashal. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mashastar of the sea; russian diminutive of maria15 in the US (2017)
- Mishaltorch or light7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Masal6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mishawho is like God; a form of Michael24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Michalwho is like God; form of Michael13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Manalachievement or attainment17 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Mashal
Names that are said the same way as Mashal, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Machellewho is like God; a form of Michelle
Names about as common as Mashal
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