Amal - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Amal \a-mal\ is of Hebrew, Sanskrit and Arabic origin, and its meaning is "labor, hard work; pure; hope". Familiar to Americans as the young hero of Giancarlo Menotti's often-performed opera, "Amahl and the Night Visitors".

Amal has 3 variant forms: Amahl, Amali and Amel.

For more information, see also the related name Hamal.

Baby names that sound like Amal are Amil, Amalio, Amiel, Amyel, Emil, Aymil, Aimil, Jemal, Jamal, Jomal and Jimal.

Amal is a very rare male first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Amal. Click here to compare Amal with related baby names.