Amal

Where Amal comes from

Borrowed from Arabic أَمَل (ʔamal, “hope”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Amal
Along the way
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #5,860 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2021
    Peak, #1,045
    241 babies named Amal — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.