Names That Mean Hope
Names whose recorded root means hope — Nadia and its Slavic kin from nadezhda, Asha from Sanskrit, Amal from Arabic.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
nadéžda — “hope” | 531#565 | Down 97 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
āśā — “hope, wish” | 160#1,373 | Up 89 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
ʔamal — “hope” | 181#1,241 | Down 121 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
nadíja — “hope” | 30#4,628 | Down 807 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
nadéžda — “hope” | 6#14,391 | Down 2,583 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
ākāṃkṣā — “hope, ambition” | 5#15,021 | new | 2003 |
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Every name here has a documented root whose literal meaning matches this theme. Each name’s subtitle gives its documented root and meaning. Where it says "via", the name is a recorded form of another name (Maggie of Margaret) and the meaning is the base name's. Roots are extracted from etymologies on Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). Ranks come from official birth card-application data; "—" means fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, a genuinely rare pick rather than an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.