Hope Forename
3,856th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 272,145 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Malawi
Hope Forename Definition:
(m., f.) used as a christian name from the 17th C. Faith, Hope, and Charity were often given as names to triplets. Hope is now used only as a girl’s name.
Hope Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 84% | 90,468 | 1:1,963 | 363 |
| United States | 100% | 72,978 | 1:4,968 | 714 |
| Uganda | 98% | 35,412 | 1:1,157 | 197 |
| Malawi | 76% | 18,868 | 1:907 | 198 |
| Kenya | - | 10,224 | 1:4,529 | 729 |
| Ghana | 97% | 7,978 | 1:3,383 | 488 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 6,768 | 1:1,680 | 361 |
| Zambia | - | 4,744 | 1:3,342 | 536 |
| Tanzania | 76% | 3,902 | 1:13,529 | 1,588 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,771 | 1:11,957 | 1,312 |
| Philippines | 73% | 2,719 | 1:38,988 | 3,119 |
| South Africa | 67% | 2,498 | 1:21,831 | 2,949 |
| Egypt | 65% | 1,692 | 1:54,315 | 3,036 |
| England | 97% | 1,484 | 1:37,468 | 1,943 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,273 | 1:2,265 | 500 |
| Zimbabwe | 59% | 1,255 | 1:12,290 | 1,565 |
| DR Congo | 93% | 1,137 | 1:64,932 | 3,891 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 991 | 1:31,092 | 3,837 |
| Togo | - | 577 | 1:12,546 | 1,699 |
| New Zealand | - | 556 | 1:8,158 | 938 |
| Australia | - | 434 | 1:31,469 | 1,829 |
| Botswana | 67% | 396 | 1:5,516 | 912 |
| Congo | 90% | 358 | 1:13,992 | 1,626 |
| Poland | 98% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| China | - | 264 | 1:5,174,454 | 55,872 |
| India | 76% | 203 | 1:5,984,621 | 215,092 |
| Scotland | 100% | 124 | 1:43,148 | 1,460 |
| Thailand | 96% | 104 | 1:673,710 | 28,666 |
| Russia | 100% | 88 | 1:1,639,019 | 11,834 |
| Cameroon | 53% | 80 | 1:270,131 | 10,485 |
| Chile | 58% | 70 | 1:251,532 | 4,138 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52% | 68 | 1:119,887 | 10,702 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Ireland | 77% | 54 | 1:85,991 | 2,269 |
| Sudan | - | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Qatar | 50% | 46 | 1:51,513 | 6,571 |
| Indonesia | - | 40 | 1:6,449,092 | 236,079 |
| Malaysia | 78% | 40 | 1:761,248 | 29,188 |
| Netherlands | 94% | 40 | 1:422,552 | 11,255 |
| Germany | 83% | 38 | 1:2,544,155 | 13,368 |
| Japan | - | 38 | 1:3,368,054 | 24,004 |
| Liberia | 54% | 35 | 1:126,059 | 5,080 |
| Brazil | 100% | 33 | 1:6,492,005 | 93,070 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 33 | 1:216,727 | 13,323 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 29 | 1:3,427 | 684 |
| Singapore | 100% | 29 | 1:216,795 | 8,671 |
| Guam | - | 28 | 1:5,737 | 966 |
| Mexico | 90% | 28 | 1:4,433,730 | 18,735 |
| Sweden | 92% | 28 | 1:352,068 | 10,149 |
| Burundi | 100% | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| Wales | 100% | 25 | 1:123,772 | 2,766 |
| Denmark | - | 22 | 1:256,795 | 5,179 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 22 | 1:1,080,440 | 39,831 |
| France | 98% | 19 | 1:3,498,439 | 16,478 |
| Finland | 83% | 18 | 1:304,621 | 4,354 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 17 | 1:354,020 | 7,062 |
| Pakistan | 76% | 17 | 1:11,432,805 | 75,526 |
| Algeria | - | 16 | 1:2,386,045 | 7,118 |
| Argentina | 70% | 16 | 1:2,673,328 | 8,808 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 16 | 1:3,831 | 730 |
| Ethiopia | - | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| South Korea | - | 16 | 1:346,526 | 10,365 |
| Israel | 93% | 15 | 1:560,195 | 10,411 |
| Benin | 100% | 14 | 1:755,417 | 21,293 |
| Ecuador | - | 14 | 1:1,266,208 | 8,855 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Oman | - | 14 | 1:293,476 | 3,954 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 13 | 1:141,780 | 1,629 |
| Barbados | - | 13 | 1:22,291 | 1,774 |
| Bermuda | - | 13 | 1:4,987 | 816 |
| Hong Kong | - | 13 | 1:596,363 | 4,636 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 13 | 1:104,725 | 7,155 |
| Spain | 100% | 12 | 1:3,877,497 | 14,638 |
| Afghanistan | 50% | 11 | 1:2,965,774 | 21,963 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Norway | 100% | 11 | 1:466,575 | 8,612 |
| Italy | 88% | 10 | 1:6,106,209 | 25,028 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Namibia | - | 9 | 1:267,131 | 5,329 |
| Nepal | 100% | 9 | 1:3,165,261 | 40,792 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Peru | 75% | 8 | 1:3,973,932 | 31,495 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 7 | 1:2,625,638 | 48,146 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 7 | 1:291,428 | 17,845 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6 | 1:1,915,007 | 18,066 |
| Guyana | - | 6 | 1:127,210 | 8,948 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 6 | 1:3,845,989 | 64,391 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Austria | 100% | 5 | 1:1,702,840 | 9,344 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Switzerland | 84% | 5 | 1:1,642,699 | 15,939 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Czechia | 82% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Greece | - | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Venezuela | - | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Cyprus | - | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Grenada | 67% | 3 | 1:36,042 | 2,687 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Jordan | - | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Hungary | 87% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Angola | 100% | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Lucia | - | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
Hope (81,866) may also be a surname.
Hope Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(m., f.) used as a christian name from the 17th C. Faith, Hope, and Charity were often given as names to triplets. Hope is now used only as a girl’s name.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
F. Originally Puritan, it has no longer any marked puritanical connotation. It is of the same class as Honor, Faith, and Charity (or Mercy): qq. v.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Found as a female name. Conf. the names Charity, Faith.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Anglo-Saxon name, meaning: Trust, with earnest expectation of good.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 12,384 (2014)
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