Amal
It splits almost evenly between women and men, rare in Poland where most names lean hard one way. From Hebrew for "hope", it stays uncommon: around 220 people carry it, and fewer receive it each year.
Amal Pronunciation
Amal is pronounced AH-mahl (/ˈamal/).
What Amal means
Where Amal comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Amal reaches Poland through Arabic, where the word أمل means hope. Its older layer is Hebrew. The sense stays fixed wherever the name lands: hope, in Polish nadzieja.
The name keeps no Polish diminutives and no split into separate feminine and masculine forms. It stands as one word, Amal, for whoever holds it. In Arabic it suits women and men alike, a rarity among names that reach us with so plain a meaning. The best-known bearer abroad is Amal Clooney, the Lebanese-British human rights lawyer, and her first name means hope.
Picture a class register at a Polish szkoła podstawowa. Amal sits near Alicja and Amelia, four letters a teacher reads without a pause. The child who answers to it wears the meaning openly: hope, nadzieja.
How many people are named Amal
1 in 177885 men in Poland is named Amal. 223 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2082 among male names.
Amal's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Amal as a middle name
Amal is a first name for 223 men in Poland and a middle name for another 19, a 92/8 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1650th, between Amadea (19) and Annabella (19).
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#1648 Alexandria19
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#1649 Amadea19
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#1650 Amal19
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#1651 Annabella19
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#1652 Annick19