Hope
Hope is a girl name of English origin, meaning Optimism; trust in the future.
What Hope means
Optimism; trust in the future.
Hope is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Hope comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Hope is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Hope?
Hope does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Hope
Two ideas meet in Hope: Hope and faith. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Hope
These share Hope's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Faith — Complete trust and devotion.
- Promise — A solemn vow.
- Tendai — Be thankful.
- Themba — Trust and hope.
- Holly — The holly tree; holiness.
- Elsie — Pledged to God.
- Journey — A life's voyage.
- Mercy — Compassion and forgiveness.
- True — Genuine, loyal and real.
- Haven — A safe refuge.
- Future — The time yet to come.
- Jackson — Son of Jack; God is gracious.
More English names
- Holt — Of the woodland.
- Hudson — Son of Hugh; of the river.
- Holly — The holly tree; holiness.
- Ivory — Pure, creamy white.
- Holden — From the deep valley.
- Ivy — Ivy plant — faithfulness, growth.
- Heather — The flowering heath shrub.
- Jack — God is gracious.
- Heath — The open moorland.
- Jackson — Son of Jack; God is gracious.