Baby Names That Mean Hope
21 baby names meaning hope — with origins, popularity, and audio pronunciation on every name.
Looking for a name that means hope? Here are 21 baby names whose meaning carries the sense of hope. Each links to its full page with a sourced meaning and audio pronunciation.
Girl Names
Miley#338 in the U.S.A modern American name, originally a nickname derived from 'smiley' — Miley Cyrus's birth name Hope#352 in the U.S.From the Old English 'hopa', meaning hope — the expectation and desire for a positive outcome. Nadia#565 in the U.S.Hope; a Slavic short form of Nadezhda meaning hope, also independently used in Arabic meaning 'Amani#678 in the U.S.From Swahili and Arabic amani meaning peace, security, or wishes; in Arabic amani is the pluralPromise#826 in the U.S.From the English word promise, derived from Latin promissum (a pledge, vow), the past participlEsperanza#1017 in the U.S.Hope; from Spanish esperanza (hope), from Latin sperare (to hope)Asha#1196 in the U.S.Hope; from Sanskrit asha (hope, desire, wish); or life (Swahili); or truth/righteousness (AvestAmal#1227 in the U.S.Hope; aspiration; from Arabic amal (hope, aspiration, expectation)Nadine#1582 in the U.S.French diminutive of Nadia, ultimately from Russian Nadezhda meaning 'hope'.Amila#2229 in the U.S.hope, aspirationArzoyi#3383 in the U.S.Of uncertain origin; most plausibly related to Persian and Pashto arzu/arzo, 'wish, hope, longiAmilah#3881 in the U.S.From Arabic amilah — feminine of amil, 'hopeful, full of hope' (also 'one who works/strives')
Boy Names
Reuben#889 in the U.S.From Hebrew Re'uven, meaning behold, a son — from re'u (behold, look) and ben (son); the name LArmaan#1587 in the U.S.From Persian/Urdu 'arman' meaning 'wish, desire, longing, hope'.Jayvion#1999 in the U.S.Hope; expectationVon#2003 in the U.S.Hope; expectationJavonte#2757 in the U.S.Hope; expectationJayven#2800 in the U.S.Hope; expectationJayvian#2844 in the U.S.Hope; expectationJahleel#3007 in the U.S.God waits; hope in GodDomani#3164 in the U.S.Italian word domani meaning 'tomorrow', used as a given name to evoke hope, the future, and pos