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What does Hope mean?

Hope Pronunciation of Hope as a girls' name is pronounced hope. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Hope is "expectation; belief". From hopa. One of three names/qualities (Faith, Hope, Charity) described in the Bible at I Corinthians 13:13; was favored for sisters by Puritans and Catholics. A legendary trio with the names were the daughters of Saint Sophia, whose name means "wisdom". Actress Hope Lange.

STARTS WITH Ho-

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, bible, puritans, legendary (mythology), saint, wisdom

Variations

VARIANT Esperance

SEE ALSO Verity

RELATIONS VIA CHARITY, FAITH Fae, Faye, Fe

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Hope Riley (H.R.), ..

How popular is Hope?

Hope is a very prominent first name for women (#427 out of 4276, Top 10%) and also a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#1988 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Hope reached its apex rank of #144 in the U.S. in 1999, and is at #255 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Hope name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Hope outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Faith (#122 FROM RECENT DATA), Faye (#706), Charity (#1237), Verity (#1840) and Fae are the prominent varying forms of Hope (#255) ranked in the Top 2000. These forms of Hope were popular as birth names 2 decades ago (MEDIAN #1081) and are somewhat less conventional today (#1026, DOWN 43%).



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Hope, Charity, Fae, Faith, Faye, Verity in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Hope, Faith, Faye outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Hebe, Hege, Holde (see Holda), Holle, Honey, Honie and Lupe. These names tend to be less commonly used than Hope.

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