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Amal

/ah-MAHL/ UnisexArabic

Meaning

Amal is a unisex name of Arabic origin meaning “hope”.

Amal is the Arabic word for hope, given to daughters and sons alike across the Arab world. Human-rights lawyer Amal Clooney made it one of the best-known Arabic names in the West, attaching it to courage and accomplishment as much as to optimism.

Widespread in the Arab world; rising gently in Western use since the mid-2010s.

At a glance

Origin
Arabic
Gender
Unisex
Pronounced
/ah-MAHL/
Themes
Hope

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Questions

  • Amal is a unisex name of Arabic origin meaning “hope”. Amal is the Arabic word for hope, given to daughters and sons alike across the Arab world.

  • Amal is a unisex name, used for both boys and girls. Widespread in the Arab world; rising gently in Western use since the mid-2010s.

  • The name Amal comes from Arabic. Amal is the Arabic word for hope, given to daughters and sons alike across the Arab world. Human-rights lawyer Amal Clooney made it one of the best-known Arabic names in the West, attaching it to courage and accomplishment as much as to optimism.

  • Amal is pronounced ah-MAHL.

More names that mean hope

Names that share this meaning.

  1. Aisling FeminineIrish“dream, vision”
  2. Akari FeminineJapanese“light, brightness”
  3. Amets UnisexBasque“dream”
  4. Anastasia FeminineGreek“resurrection”
  5. Arman MasculinePersian“wish, ideal, aspiration”
  6. Asha FeminineSanskrit“hope, wish”