Mishal
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning torch or light.
Mishal by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Mishal. In the US, 9 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 14 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mishal. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- 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)
- Mishaaltorch; light6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mishelwho is like God; form of Michael5 in the US (2017)
- Mashal5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mishkawho is like God; a form of Michael11 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Mishal
Names that are said the same way as Mishal, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Michellewho is like god; feminine form of Michael1,421 in the US (2017)
- Michelwho is like god; form of Michael39 in the US (2017)
- Mychala form of michael; who is like god13 in the US (2017)
- Michellwho is like God; a form of Michelle12 in the US (2017)
- Mishellwho is like God; variant spelling of Michelle11 in the US (2017)
- Mishellewho is like God; form of Michelle5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean light
Like Mishal, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Mishal
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