Hope

Hope meaning

Hope is a Christian and international girl's name of English origin.

Confidence in the future; hope in God

Also used to mean: trust

Hope is the English virtue word used as a name. The Online Etymology Dictionary traces the noun to late Old English hopa, "confidence in the future", used especially of God or Christ as the ground of hope; the verb behind it is of unknown origin. Hope is one of the three gifts Paul names in 1 Corinthians 13:13, "faith, hope, charity", and English Puritans took it up as a given name alongside Faith, Grace and Mercy. In India it is used by Christian families, including in the Northeast, where other English virtue names are also used.

Source: Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), s.v. hope (n.) · entry hope · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Online Etymology Dictionary, hope · 1 Corinthians 13:13 (Bible Hub)

Popularity abroad

• #352 United States, girls 2025 (down 35 from 317 in 2024)
  US Social Security Administration
• #180 England and Wales, girls 2025
  Office for National Statistics

Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.

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