Mishaal
Girl · MISH-al · Arabic
Mishaal is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “torch”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Mishaal mean?
Arabic: spelling of Mishal
“torch”
From the Arabic mishal, a torch or lamp.
- Say it
- MISH-al
Meaning borrowed from Mishal.
Is Mishaal a girl's or a boy's name?
Mishaal 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 Mishaal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Mishaal, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mishaal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were given Mishaal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,870, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Mishal 7
- Mishaal 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Mishaal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
Names like Mishaal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Mishaal
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