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Names meaning “Hope”

Names full of hope and aspiration.

144 names

Hope

English

“Hope”

Full name origin

Esperanza

Spanish

“Hope”

Full name origin

Amal

Arabic

“Hope, aspiration”

Full name origin

Asha

Sanskrit

Āśā — “hope, wish”

Full name origin

Nadia

Slavic

From Nadezhda — “hope”

Full name origin

Elpida

Greek

From elpis “hope”

Full name origin

Tikva

Hebrew

“Hope”

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Nadezhda

Russian

“Hope”

Full name origin

Nadine

French

Elaboration of Nadia — “hope”

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Espérance

French

“Hope”

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Speranza

Italian

“Hope”

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Omid

Persian

“Hope”

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Amaal

Arabic

Āmāl — “hopes, aspirations”

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Rajaa

Arabic

Rajāʾ — “hope”

Full name origin

Nozomi

Japanese

望 — “hope, wish”

Full name origin

Nozomu

Japanese

望 — “to hope, to wish”

Full name origin

Elpis

Greek

“Hope”, personified in Greek myth

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Nada

Slavic

Hope

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Raja

Arabic

Hope

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Umeed

Urdu

Hope

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Tumaini

Swahili

Hope

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Umid

Uzbek

Hope

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Toivo

Finnish

Hope

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Emuna

Hebrew

Faith

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Vera

Russian

Faith

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Iman

Arabic

Faith

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Imani

Swahili

Faith

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Fidel

Latin

Faithful

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Fidelia

Latin

Faithful

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Muna

Arabic

Wish, desire

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Themba

Zulu

Hope

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Tumelo

Sotho

Faith

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Nadya

Russian

Hope

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Iona

Scottish Gaelic

island

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Noël

Latin

Christmas

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Alya

Arabic

lofty, sublime

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Desiderio

Latin

desired

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Desideria

Latin

desired

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Esperança

Latin

hope

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Mateus

Hebrew

gift of God

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Ebba

Old Germanic

strong boar

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Joep

Hebrew

God will add

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Arsen

Greek

manly

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Zinaida

Greek

of Zeus

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Nadzieja

Slavic

hope

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Ryszard

Germanic

strong ruler

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Nadiia

Slavic

hope

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Barbora

Greek

foreign woman

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Faranak

Persian

splendid, charming

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Orhan

Turkish

great ruler

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Sibel

Turkish

mythic mountain nymph

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Hooman

Persian

good natured, benevolent

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Bita

Persian

unique, incomparable

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Müjde

Persian

good news

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Dilek

Turkish

wish, prayer

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Derman

Persian

remedy, cure

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Güven

Turkish

trust, confidence

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Nihat

Arabic

nature, temperament

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Umay

Turkic

hope, fertility goddess

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Arzu

Persian

desire, wish

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Aashaa

Sanskrit

hope

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Indhu

Tamil/Sanskrit

moon

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Aashita

Sanskrit

one who is hoped for

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Navneet

Punjabi Sikh

new and fresh

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Umme

Arabic

mother of

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Kashaf

Arabic

revealer

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Rida

Arabic

contentment

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Momin

Arabic

believer

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Zixuan

Chinese

purple, lofty

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Xinyu

Chinese

new, jade

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Xiaoxuan

Chinese

dawn, lofty

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Ji-hyun

Korean

wisdom and wise

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Ji-won

Korean

wisdom and origin

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Jiyeon

Korean

wisdom, grace

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Kiwon

Korean

rise, origin

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Narae

Korean

wing

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Nara

Korean

country, nation

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Duy

Sino-Vietnamese

maintain, preserve

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Nhiên

Sino-Vietnamese

natural, so

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Aphinya

Thai

miracle, wonder

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Somjit

Thai

wishful heart

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Natthida

Thai/Sanskrit

woman with blessings

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Matumaini

Swahili

hope

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Alemu

Amharic

my world

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Etsegenet

Amharic

mercy

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Netsanet

Amharic

freedom

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Tsedale

Amharic

the moon

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Ayoade

Yoruba

joy has come into the crown

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Liya

Amharic

to me

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Fantahun

Amharic

what did he hope for?

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Milkiyas

Amharic

my king

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Yordanos

Amharic

Jordan

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Belayneh

Amharic

my hope

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Alemnesh

Amharic

you are my world

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Kristóf

Greek

bearing Christ

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Lili

Latin

lily

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Janka

Hebrew

God is gracious

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Abigél

Hebrew

my father is joy

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Speranța

Romanian

hope

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Pag-asa

Tagalog

hope

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Nădejdea

Romanian

hope

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Harapan

Malay

hope

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Rizky

Arabic

fortune, provision

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Aashwath

Sanskrit

hope

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Navya

Sanskrit

young; new

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Bishwas

Sanskrit

faith, trust

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Apeksha

Sanskrit

expectation, hope

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Asanka

Sinhala

without fear

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Myint Myint

Burmese

clear, pure

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Rith

Khmer

success, hope

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Luka

Greek via Georgian

from Lucania

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Shpresa

Albanian

hope

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Shpëtim

Albanian

salvation, rescue

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Viltis

Lithuanian

hope

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Elli

Greek

sun ray

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Pille

Latin

small ball

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Aivar

Old Norse

bow-warrior

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Sigríður

Old Norse

beautiful victory

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Tinna

Old Norse

titanium, flint

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Vala

Old Norse

seeress

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Aaro

Finnish

mountain of strength

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Alaia

Basque

joyful, cheerful

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Seve

Basque

to serve

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Itxaso

Basque

sea

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Faamoemoe

Samoan

hope, expectation

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Thembeka

Zulu/Xhosa

be trustworthy

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Thembi

Zulu/Xhosa

trust

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Thembinkosi

Zulu/Xhosa

trust in the Lord

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Nokulunga

Zulu/Xhosa

mother of goodness

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Nobuhle

Zulu

mother of beauty

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Ruqiyo

Arabic

exalted

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Aweys

Arabic

protector

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Asirem

Amazigh

hope

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Hêwa

Kurdish

desire, wish

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Tirza

Berber/Amazigh

hope

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Hêvî

Kurdish

hope

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Ersultan

Kazakh

man of power

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Tikla

Aramaic/Syriac

hope

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Tiklo

Aramaic/Syriac

hope

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Tiklaa

Aramaic/Syriac

hope

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Nohadra

Aramaic

new village

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Yousef

Arabic/Hebrew

God increases

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Anpaytoo

Lakota

unending

Full name origin

Nadiya

Slavic

hope

Full name origin

Every name began as a word

Long before a name belonged to a person, it belonged to the language. Lucy and Lucian both grew from the Latin lux, “light.” Noor shines with the Arabic word for light, Jyoti with the Sanskrit. Across continents and centuries, parents have reached for the same handful of hopes — light, courage, peace, love, grace — and dressed them in the sounds of their own tongue. That is why a name finder organised by meaning is really a map of human wishes.

Our library groups 9,542 names into 58 meanings, drawing on Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Japanese, Yoruba, Irish, Slavic and many other traditions. For each name we give the culture it comes from and the literal root it grew out of — not a vague “feeling,” but the actual word an ancestor once spoke. Choosing a meaning first lets you compare how very different peoples expressed the same idea, and often reveals that two names you thought were unrelated are, at heart, the same wish.

How to use this finder

Pick a meaning that matters to you — say, “brave” or “light” — and browse the names gathered under it. You can filter by whether a name is traditionally given to boys, girls, or used for any child, and you can search by a name or an origin to see what it means. When a name catches your eye, open it for the fuller story of where it came from and how it travelled. A good name is one whose sound you love and whose meaning you are proud to explain — and the second half of that is exactly what NameWise is here to help with.