Hayal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ha-YAL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Hayal is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “dream, imagination”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Hayal mean?
Arabic: Turkish hayal, from Arabic khayal
“dream, imagination”
Is Hayal a girl's or a boy's name?
Hayal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hayal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Hayal, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Hayal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
Names like Hayal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah, Hiba, Amal, Hafsa, Safa, Rehmat, Nusaybah, Zainab, Huda, Rahma, Abeeha, Khadija
Names related to Hayal
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hayal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hayal, updated 20 October 2026.